Provider cost pressures are weighing on the nation’s largest insurers, with contract negotiations possibly forcing premiums higher over the next few years, according to Fitch Ratings.
Mayo Clinic, a longstanding collaborator with Google, will be an early adopter of a Google Cloud tool that allows organizations to create chatbots and other search applications using generative AI.
The hospital operator is deploying supply chain staff to the front lines, using group purchasing for diversity and building data transparency.
Rather than suggesting problems with individual hospitals, the data points to a “systemic issue impacting the quality of care for Black and Hispanic patients and those with public insurance plans,” according to a new Leapfrog report.
The bill’s sponsor previously told local media that it could give the nonprofit, state-owned system the chance to save struggling rural hospitals.
The new study is the latest in a string of research suggesting nonprofit hospitals’ balance sheets benefit from the latitude they have regarding charity care spending.
The drugmaker’s lawsuit claims the new pricing powers granted by the Inflation Reduction Act are unconstitutional and “tantamount to extortion.”
The $100-per-share offer comes a month after the home health company agreed to a deal with Option Care Health, which was set to close in the second half of the year.
Todd Smith will be responsible for delivering systemized service line standards, deepening relationships between medical groups and community physicians, and reducing clinical variation
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