The cardiovascular care of thousands of Missouri patients is suddenly up in the air. The heart of the issue is a practice's alleged interest in opening up a new private equity-backed clinic.
On Tuesday, a judge formally rejected a motion by the company to have the case dismissed. Carelon Behavioral Health, a subsidiary of Elevance, is accused of publishing an inaccurate directory of providers for those seeking mental health services.
CVS Health has stopped offering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at its pharmacies, though it still will provide the single-dose vaccine at some MinuteClinic retail locations, according to CNBC.
Honor, a private duty homecare company, has acquired Home Instead, one of the largest in-home care providers in the U.S. The combined companies are worth $2.1 billion.
True or false? Each time a software developer significantly updates an FDA-approved Software as a Medical Device product, the SaMD faces possible re-review by the agency.
The more sure people feel that a COVID-19 vaccine will work as intended and won’t cause serious side effects or other harms, the more likely they are to accept a jab. Simple enough. However, the inverse does not necessarily hold.
It costs more to care for a chronically ill older person in the U.S. than in any of 11 Western countries, according to an analysis authored by researchers from each of the 11 and published Aug. 5 in Health Services Research.
![Pricing for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) varies significantly throughout the United States, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.[1] Researchers emphasized that higher prices were not necessarily associated with better patient outcomes. Photo by Karolina Grabowska via Pexels](/sites/default/files/styles/stack_views/public/2021-08/usa_healthcare_costs.jpg.webp?itok=-1MXOtbf)