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More healthcare professionals are desperately needed over the next decade, but some roles are more in demand than others. 

Retail giant Walmart has teamed up with Transcarent, a health and care platform, to provide a go-to-market solution for self-insured employers and their families.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has launched a new business arm, Walgreens Health, enabled by investments in VillageMD, a primary care provider, and CareCentrix, a post-acute care company.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased wages at its call centers to $15 per hour.

The plan is to benefit not only consumers but also providers, who will immediately know how much reimbursement to expect and how much administrative activity they can prudently avoid.

Only two-thirds of U.S. healthcare consumers are OK with surgeons using digital facial recognition to avoid medical error by confirming patient identity.

A new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine examines how today's healthcare providers can help save tomorrow. 

President Biden recently signed the Havana Act into law, hoping to identify brain changes among victims via radiological examination.