Lower volumes are a welcome sign for health systems that have been overwhelmed by patient volumes and forced to delay nonemergency procedures. The downward trend signals a return to normal for operators.
“The August data show we are not out of the woods yet, and hospitals face additional uncertainties as we move into the fall and winter,” Erik Swanson, senior vice president of data and analytics at Kaufman Hall, said.
The two Michigan health systems expected the union to close this fall. But now it will take longer than originally anticipated as the Federal Trade Commission is experiencing a surge in merger filings.
Jason Resendez of Consumers for Quality Care argues it’s time for insurers, policymakers and health systems to embrace telehealth as an integral part of the future of healthcare.
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Noelle Eder, who first joined the company in August 2020, will add data and analytics to her role.
The ongoing refusal of Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and United Therapeutics to offer discounts to safety-net providers through community pharmacy partnerships has been referred to OIG for enforcement.
Though an agency panel voted against advising a third Pfizer vaccine dose for younger people in high-risk jobs like nursing or teaching, it was overriden by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
The suits allege an agreement between Merck and a generic manufacturer kept lower-cost versions of the drugmaker’s widely used pill Zetia off the market for years.
This study of health delivery organizations is one of the first finding a direct impact on patient care down the line, and comes roughly a year after a patient in Germany died as a result of delayed care following a ransomware attack.