Jeff Lagasse
CMS' renewed interest in mandatory bundled payments includes the possibility of additional participation for oncology and other providers.
Spending for retail prescription drugs reached $333.4 billion in 2017, and those rising costs represent 10 percent of overall healthcare spend.
Having a high deductible health plan without a health savings account was associated with greater hardship compared with low deductible insurance.
The Medicare population is estimated to have the highest and fastest growing prevalence of opioid use disorder in the U.S.
Modeled after a robot from the Star Wars films, Relay offers a potential escape hatch for healthcare pros who'd rather avoid lugging stuff around.
Contributing factors include mandates to curb costs, increasing regulatory requirements and growing EHR adoption.
Those in programs with longer hours, less faculty mentoring and more research focus had higher depression scores.
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law have some strict requirements for compliance, and providers would do well to take note.
The collaboration results in a value-based primary care provider that serves more than 170,000 patients in 18 states.
Investors are more comfortable with healthcare than other sectors because it's less susceptible to fluctuating economic cycles.