Less than two years after closing its patient care clinics and selling its telehealth services, Walmart is re-entering healthcare with a new platform to match patients with virtual providers. Less than two years after closing its patient care clinics and selling its telehealth services, Walmart is re-entering healthcare with a new platform to match patients with virtual providers. | | |
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The insurer is planning to reduce reimbursement timelines for hospitals in Oklahoma, Idaho, Minnesota and Missouri from 30 days to 15. The details are unclear, but the company said the framework could extend nationwide. The insurer is planning to reduce reimbursement timelines for hospitals in Oklahoma, Idaho, Minnesota and Missouri from 30 days to 15. The details are unclear, but the company said the framework could extend nationwide. | | |
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The California-based health system faced multiple accusations of upcoding diagnoses to receive additional risk-adjusted payments from the Medicare Advantage program. Its payer plan and providers were implicated in what the DOJ described as systemic fraud. Kaiser Permanente denies any wrongdoing. The California-based health system faced multiple accusations of upcoding diagnoses to receive additional risk-adjusted payments from the Medicare Advantage program. Its payer plan and providers were implicated in what the DOJ described as systemic fraud. Kaiser Permanente denies any wrongdoing. | | |
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The rehired workers were all part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). A union representing federal workers confirmed the reinstatements, and the Department of Health and Human Services has already sent emails to affected staff. The rehired workers were all part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). A union representing federal workers confirmed the reinstatements, and the Department of Health and Human Services has already sent emails to affected staff. | | |
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Across industries, more than a third of the time saved by AI gets eaten by overstretched humans who have to clean up the technology’s sloppy work. Across industries, more than a third of the time saved by AI gets eaten by overstretched humans who have to clean up the technology’s sloppy work. | | |
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People diagnosed with cancer in the 2020s have a much greater chance of beating the disease than they would have had in decades past. People diagnosed with cancer in the 2020s have a much greater chance of beating the disease than they would have had in decades past. | | |
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The FDA wants designers of goods in two health-tech categories to worry more about supplying innovative products than about pleasing the FDA. The FDA wants designers of goods in two health-tech categories to worry more about supplying innovative products than about pleasing the FDA. | | |
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The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of a report from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which reviewed more than 50,000 documents sent by UnitedHealth related to its Medicare Advantage patients. The outlet published the findings of the inquiry. The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of a report from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which reviewed more than 50,000 documents sent by UnitedHealth related to its Medicare Advantage patients. The outlet published the findings of the inquiry. | | |
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Research from healthcare data analytics firm Trilliant Health found that negotiated rates carry a higher price tag for common services, calling into question the value of transparency regulations. Research from healthcare data analytics firm Trilliant Health found that negotiated rates carry a higher price tag for common services, calling into question the value of transparency regulations. | | |
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President Trump’s outline is largely an exercise in thinking out loud since it can’t propel anything consequential without legislative action in Congress. Still, the plan—and the reactions it’s eliciting—warrant a look. President Trump’s outline is largely an exercise in thinking out loud since it can’t propel anything consequential without legislative action in Congress. Still, the plan—and the reactions it’s eliciting—warrant a look. | | |
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