The healthcare industry is going through dramatic changes. From mega-mergers between pharmacies and insurers, to big tech getting increasingly interested in healthcare through Amazon's acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack, the industry is vying to figure out how to do healthcare cheaper and better.
Apple is investing in health-technology and putting its hardware to use in doctor’s offices across the country. It’s also making moves in financial services, with its Apple Pay service and a new credit card. So how about the intersection between health and financial services?
Economists have begun wrestling with basic questions about what this sort of change would mean and disagreeing over whether it would cost more or less than the country's current health care system.
Glens Falls Hospital President and CEO Dianne Shugrue has described the hospital’s billing problems as “comprehensively addressed and resolved.” But for patients, it is still an ongoing crisis.
Springfield Hospital’s financial woes late last year led to the ouster of their management team and a bailout by the state. But new data released by the Green Mountain Care Board last week shows that Springfield is hardly alone: A majority of hospitals in the state operated at a loss in the last fiscal year.
Citing financial pressures and operating losses, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and Jackson Health System — among Miami-Dade’s largest employers — are expected to announce layoffs and other cutbacks in the coming weeks.