by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | Health IT
A KLAS Research and CCM report found that hospital virtual visits are leveling off to below 20 percent of total medical appointments. About 40 percent of hospital executives report that up to 10 percent of their appointments are done virtually and the same percentage...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden ordered sweeping vaccine mandates for around 100 million federal employees, health care workers, and many other private-sector workers in an attempt to contain the surging COVID-19 pandemic. The plan directs the Department of Labor’s Occupational...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the $3.5 trillion budget bill, proposing permanent coverage of people who fall in the Medicaid expansion gap in states. Through 2024, those individuals would be eligible for ACA premium tax credits with...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | M&A
NorthShore University HealthSystem and Edward-Elmhurst Health announced plans to merge under a new nine-hospital parent entity. Should the deal go through, the resulting system would serve a region of more than 4.2 million Illinois residents and employ roughly 25,000...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
AmeriCorps unveiled a partnership with the CDC to launch a program designed to recruit and train public health leaders as the pandemic rages on. The Public Health AmeriCorps program was funded by $400 million in the American Rescue Plan and is expected to support up...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | Providers
Sanford Health announced a $350 million donation to launch a new virtual care center that aims to support rural health care in the Midwest. The virtual care center will serve patients in Sanford Health’s network, and will also be the home base of several innovation,...
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