Two cardiologists have been named to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group that makes preventive care recommendations based on clinical evidence. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a total of eight new members to the panel.
A new report from the University of Minnesota found that OB/GYN specialty care is drying up nationwide, but healthcare facilities in rural America are the most affected.
Johnson & Johnson is selling key assets related to its Laminar program to a new startup, Jaguar LAA. This comes less than three years after Johnson & Johnson acquired Laminar for $400 million.
Any negotiations are currently in the early stages, sources told Reuters. If a deal closes, Waystar could be taken off the stock market and restructure itself as a private business.
Add lanes to a highway and the traffic only gets more congested. Add doctors to a local health system and waiting times increase. What explains these parallel paradoxes?
Zakia Khan, 55, from New York City pleaded guilty to billing Medicaid for unnecessary patient services, paying coconspirators illegal kickbacks in exchange for referrals. Her businesses earned roughly $56 million in fraudulent reimbursement, the DOJ said.
The ACCESS model is designed help more patients get treated and managed with advanced technologies. In addition to heart failure, improved coverage has been announced for Medicare beneficiaries battling COPD, substance use disorders and nicotine dependence.
