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Digital health company Prime Surgeons will be launching an online network of surgeons to provide patients with access to surgical care on-demand, the group announced this week.
A program that has helped seniors understand the many intricacies of Medicare as well as save them millions of dollars would be eliminated by a budget bill overwhelmingly approved last week by the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.
The state insurance department doesn't have the authority to thwart the merger on its own, but Jones' recommendation could carry considerable weight in Washington and hinder the companies' efforts to win federal antitrust approval.
In an analysis presented Tuesday, the California Public Retirement System's staff lauded the goal of controlling prescription drug prices, but it warned of possible resistance -- or even retaliation -- by pharmaceutical companies.
The CalPERs staff also noted that implementation of the drug price proposition could unravel the whole purchasing and distribution network the agency has in place.
The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision today in the case of Universal Health Services vs. Escobar that could expand the use of the implied certification theory as a basis for liability under the False Claims Act, with some saying it could breed more lawsuits against providers.
Americans with multiple chronic conditions -- not necessarily those with a poor immediate prognosis -- could have the largest impact on national spending, according to a new study published by Health Affairs.
Envision Healthcare Holdings and AMSURG Corp. have announced plans to merge, with the combined organization worth about $10 billion, and with an enterprise value of approximately $15 billion based on Tuesday's closing stock prices for the two groups.
For years policymakers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have hypothesized that better integration of healthcare services helps improve outcomes and lower costs. Now there is evidence to back up the claim, CMS officials said in a blog released Thursday.
LAS VEGAS--Partnering with providers, using telehealth, and having more appropriate end-of-life care, are among the challenges that need to be addressed to lower the cost of healthcare, according to health insurance leaders who opened America's Health Insurance Plans' Annual Institute and Expo Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Jorge Juvier, 58, of Queens, New York, a former owner and operator of multiple HIV/AIDS clinics in New York City, was sentenced Tuesday to a little more than five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $12 million in restitution for his role in a scheme to bilk Medicare out of more than $12 million through the use of fraudulent HIV/AIDS clinics, the U.S. Attorney's office announced.