Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Wednesday that he has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claiming the federal agency has unlawfully delayed approval of a state program that would allow the state to import prescription drugs from Canada to lower medication costs for Floridians. DeSantis said the FDA has violated federal law by dragging out […]

The Medicare Shared Savings Program saved Medicare $1.66 billion in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday. This is the fifth consecutive year the program has created savings. The Medicare Shared Savings Program works with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), which are groups of physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers. These ACOs collaborate to provide high quality care […]

Applying for Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits would become much easier under a proposed rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published Wednesday. The draft regulation includes several policies that would ease access to the low-income health programs, such as limiting eligibility checks to once every 12 months, requiring renewal forms to be pre-populated with certain information and establishing […]

Until recently, Children’s National researchers got around their computational limitations either by working with preprocessed data or by breaking large data sets into smaller portions that their systems could digest. But today, Kaplarevic says, they’re taking a different approach, leveraging what he calls the “enormous horsepower and versatility” of the cloud. Children’s National, primarily through its electronic health records system, […]

Walgreens Boots Alliance has completed a deal making it majority owner of home health benefit management firm CareCentrix, the company announced Wednesday. The $330 million deal was first announced last October and gives Walgreens a 55% share in CareCentrix. Walgreens asserts the transaction strengthens its capabilities to help patients transition from hospitals to home, a news release said. Walgreens has the option to purchase the remaining […]

More than two years since the U.S. was hit with the first wave of Covid-19, many of us in the fields of science and medicine have stopped at one point or another to reflect on our collective response, even as we continue to battle the virus and its new variants. CDC’s collaborative approach that recognizes the interconnection between humans, animals, […]

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The impact of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade continues to have an effect. A northeast Ohio woman was forced to travel out of state for an abortion that she says saved her life. “We were on such a high with the pregnancy. We were buying clothes, we had the name picked out, we were […]

The threats of ransomware and phishing are more prevalent than ever — data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that nearly 3 million individuals were the victims of health data breaches in August. However, not all healthcare providers have appropriately adjusted their strategies to mitigate increasing risk. In fact, a new report shows  that many healthcare organizations […]

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City, Iowa) is adding two floors to its eight-story John Pappajohn Pavilion inpatient tower. The project is part of a 10-year renovation project, according to the website thegazette.com. The $95 million project will add 38,000 square feet. The new ninth floor will house a 24-bed intensive care unit, and the 10th floor will […]