The Commonwealth Fund analyzed the healthcare systems of 10 nations and found the U.S. ranked last in access to care, health outcomes and overall. The U.S. “really is in a class by itself,” one researcher said.
The HHS agency that oversees the 340B drug discount program is threatening Johnson and Johnson with steep fines — and loss of access to Medicare and Medicaid — if it stops giving hospitals upfront discounts.
Community Health Systems is the latest for-profit health system to invest in urgent care, following peers like HCA and Tenet.
Talkspace is the second company on Amazon’s marketplace. The program launched this year with a partnership with chronic condition management firm Omada Health.
The major PBM said its lawsuit is necessary to protect against misinformation about the controversial drug middlemen, while the FTC promised to defend its research.
About half of employers said they would make cost-cutting changes to their plans next year, like increasing deductibles or other cost-sharing provisions, according to a report from consultancy Mercer.
Janet Rathod, who joins the system from Citigroup, will succeed long-time chief information security officer Darren Lacey.
The Illinois-based pharmacy giant has agreed to pay almost $107 million to settle claims it billed Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed.
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How resilient and redundant systems keep health data flowing during a crisis (like cyber-attacks).