The American Hospital Association has published a study suggesting site-neutral payments could threaten access to care for the most at-risk patients, fortifying its argument against the payment...
Direct primary care (DPC) services may boost care access in Massachusetts by providing the most vulnerable populations with cost-effective, patient-centered care, according to a new Pioneer Institute...
The risk of rural hospital closures has increased significantly since the onset of COVID-19, drawing concern for care access and community health, according to a Center for Healthcare Quality and...
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has issued an interim final rule affirming the agency’s current policy that allows interstate care delivery for VA healthcare professionals, ultimately...
A new study published in JAMA Network Open illustrates urban-rural primary care workforce disparities, demonstrating that while both rural and urban areas have seen an increase in primary care...
Hospital admissions for conditions other than COVID-19 are still far below pre-pandemic levels and could stay that way for some time, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
The study conducted by...
Amazon and Crossover Health launched a healthcare pilot to establish local, convenient health centers near Amazon fulfillment centers and boost access to care for employees and their families.
The...
CMS announced it selected 205 applications who will participate in the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model, a payment model that ensures beneficiaries’ access to emergency...
Eighty-five percent of healthcare workforce management reported using locum tenens physicians sometime during the last 12 months, down from 94 percent in 2016, according to a recent...
On top of 19 rural hospital closures, more than 450 rural hospitals are vulnerable to closure as the stability of the rural health safety-net continues to plummet, according to a recent report...
CAQH CORE recently voted on a new rule to set a two-day time limit to speed up the prior authorization process, according to a recent press release.
Under the new rule, CAQH CORE participating...
A new list of essential medications is highlighting the fragility of the hospital supply chain. The list devised by group purchasing organization Vizient names 200 drugs that, if unavailable due to...
Four hospitals on Chicago’s South Side recently announced a hospital merger agreement to form a single system worth an estimated $1.1 billion.
Advocate Trinity Hospital, Mercy...
One in three rural adults have problems paying their medical bills or dental treatments even after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a recent study by researchers at the...
Rise in childbirth complications is increasing overall hospital costs. But US hospitals could save nearly 20 percent of these costs by addressing serious conditions linked to preventable harm and...
