"Using emergency departments as primary care physicians' offices is not the most efficient use of anybody's time or money," says Jonathan Wiik, principal of healthcare strategy at TransUnion Healthcare.
"COVID-19 continues to highlight longstanding structural inequities," Mona Shah, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in a statement.
A new campaign, "Stop Medical Distancing," launched the same day Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Florida, said it would cease all elective, non-urgent, and non-emergency procedures effective today in response to the spiking COVID-19 numbers in that state.
Kevin Conroy, CFO and chief population health officer at CareMount Medical, is encouraged by CMS's decision to extend its Next Generation ACO model through December 2021.
A new study finds that Black cancer survivors on high-deductible health plans face more cost-related barriers to care than white cancer survivors on the same plan, including needing to skip a medication or delay a refill to save money, and not being able to see a...
Idaho's use of telehealth increased from 3,000 sessions from March-May 2019 to 117,000 sessions during the same time period in 2020, representing a 40-fold increase.
Northwell Health revenue cycle executives discuss with HealthLeaders two elements of what's next as they move into a new normal: Welcoming patients back and recouping revenue, and evaluating long-term remote-work options.
