Providers and payers are increasingly addressing the health-related social needs (HRSNs) of their patients to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and address health disparities.
The Food and Drug Administration today announced a Class 1 recall of devices used to access blood vessels through a patient’s bone because the devices may malfunction, which could cause serious injury or death.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., former co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, yesterday asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for a briefing on the status of HHS efforts as the sector risk management agency to protect the health care and public health sector from cyber threats through stronger collaboration with the private sector.
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) is a step closer to its goal of establishing an extensive new health insurance claims database designed to help monitor the growth of costs, improve quality, and make healthcare prices charged by providers and insurers across the state more accessible and transparent.
