by Jordana Choucair | May 3, 2022 | Providers
Kaufman Hall’s latest hospital flash report indicates that outpatient volumes and revenue for hospitals and health systems showed a robust rebound in March. According to the report, outpatient revenue was up 16.7 percent compared to February 2022 and 2.7 percent when...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 29, 2022 | Providers
Walmart Health – in partnership with its telehealth provider, MeMD – launched a telehealth diabetes program designed to help employers and payers close gaps in diabetes management. The Walmart Health Virtual Care Diabetes Program will merge personalized diabetes...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 26, 2022 | Providers
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released its pandemic hospital costs report, highlighting an 11 percent overall increase—as well as a 20 percent per-patient increase—in total hospital expenses from 2019 through the end of 2021. The report found that, over the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 26, 2022 | Providers
Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure defended the agency’s planned 3.2 percent payment increase for hospitals. Brooks-LaSure said that officials want to reward facilities that are “moving to whole-person patient...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 25, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday outlined a bold initiative for the health care sector to reduce emissions by half by 2030 and reach zero emissions by 2050. HHS also asked health care stakeholders to publicly report their progress and...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Providers
The federal government charged 21 people in Medicare fraud schemes, totaling approximately $149 million in false Medicare billing related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The schemes included printing phony vaccination cards and selling fake test results, as well as more...
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