Medicare & Medicaid

This week's top stories include the Mayo Clinic halting the scheduling of appointments for patients in most Medicare Advantage plans, and an Oklahoma City hospital tightening security after COVID-19-related social media posts accused providers of murder.

This week's top stories include Black, Hispanic, Asian American and other minority Medicaid enrollees reporting significantly worse experiences around care access compared to their white counterparts, and Amazon Care expanding in-person services to 20 new cities.

This week's top stories include the U.S. Justice Department charging two suspects in REvil ransomware attacks and Medicare Part D plan consolidation fueling a 23% drop in offerings.

This week's top stories include 73 health plans earning five-star ratings for 2022, up from 21 in 2021, and Mandiant blaming FIN12 for multiple ransomware attacks on hospitals and other provider organizations.

This week's top stories include the VA flagging unreliable IT infrastructure cost estimates for its EHR modernization program, a new Alzheimer's drug that could strain Medicaid budgets, and Amazon using radar for monitoring sleep.

This week's top stories include a House bill that would expand virtual care access, DarioHealth acquiring Upright Technologies, and the AHA asking CMS to withdraw and replace the most favored nation model interim final rule.

This week's top stories include Under Armour throwing all its weight behind MapMyFitness, HHS unveiling its 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and CMS approving a Georgia waiver to transition to a non-ACA private sector marketplace.

This week's top stories include two competitors in consumer wellness and telehealth looking to score significant funding, and doctors, nurses and hospitals asking Congress for $100 billion to fight COVID-19.

Patient Advocate Foundation Vice President Rebekah Angove discusses the difference between patient engagement and patient experience and how patients and providers can more effectively navigate the complexity of healthcare costs.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf sits down with a panel of luminaries in the field of healthcare to discuss empowering patients and the interoperability rule that gives people full access to their clinical records.