A federal court’s ruling that a Chicago hospital can sue the state Medicaid agency for allegedly failing to ensure proper payment from private insurers sets the stage for a deluge of similar suits from providers—if the nation’s highest court preserves Medicaid participants’ right to sue. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on Tuesday ruled that St. Anthony […]
The healthcare ecosystem – including healthcare providers, biopharma, payers, along with both federal and state government – are moving toward the shared goal of delivering higher quality of patient care, more economically. This shift toward value-based care has fundamentally changed the way that healthcare is delivered in the United States. Instead of disconnected, dysfunctional, disparate systems, healthcare stakeholders are being driven […]
A year after health officials issued a record number of alerts for high ozone levels on Colorado’s Front Range, federal and state officials are trying to rein in the gas that can make outdoor activities a health risk. But new Colorado laws aimed at improving air quality along that urban corridor east of the Rocky Mountains aren’t expected to do […]
J.J. Sorrenti was picked to lead the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based Best Life Brands as CEO in April 2020, just a month into the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been ups and downs for the company, which has both home care and home health locations in its portfolio. Yet Sorrenti is optimistic about his company’s future. The holding company currently has over […]
When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feeling anxious and depressed at college, Paulson went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider directory and started calling mental health therapists. No providers in the Wisconsin city where her son’s university is located had openings. So she bought a monthly subscription to BetterHelp, a Mountain View, California, company that links people […]
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday he is considering declaring a public health emergency to free up federal resources to promote abortion access even though the White House has said it doesn’t seem like “a great option.” He also offered a message to people enraged by the Supreme Court’s ruling last month that ended a constitutional right to abortion and […]
The Covid-19 vaccine co-developed by Pfizer and BioNTech now has FDA approval for children 12 to 15 years of age. The FDA decision announced Friday builds on the emergency use authorization that was granted in May 2021. The approval is based on a clinical trial testing the two-shot messenger RNA vaccine in 2,260 adolescents. The immune response produced by […]
Teladoc, the telehealth company whose stock has swooned spectacularly — with its price dropping by more than 85% since reaching highs early last year — announced it is expanding the services offered under Primary360, its virtual primary care platform. The new offerings include care coordination support and health plan in-network referrals, as well as same-day medication delivery provided by Capsule and […]
The Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is raising concerns for women of color who are behind bars — a population that could be disproportionately affected by abortion bans in states across the country. Women of color are statistically more likely to seek an abortion and to be incarcerated, highlighting why advocates worry they could be hurt by the […]
Anti-abortion groups are focusing their efforts on state legislatures in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. March for Life, a group that has organizes a yearly national march in Washington, D.C., against abortion, will start to focus its activism more on the state level, Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life, told The Hill. In […]