Category: Health & Wellness
CommonSpirit’s finances held steady at end of 2020
A combination of sicker patients and stable commercial reimbursement anchored CommonSpirit Health’s finances at the end of 2020. Executives on the not-for-profit health system’s investor…
What’s next for on-demand telehealth companies?
Amwell got its start providing on-demand virtual care for low-acuity health issues. But the company always planned on transitioning to primarily building the technology clinicians…
Former Community Health Systems CEO will make millions as executive chairman
Community Health Systems will pay its former CEO up to $4 million plus hundreds of thousands of shares in the company this year to serve…
COVID-19 will change population health management
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a lot of financial challenges for health systems. As a result, executives had to find new ways to connect with patients,…
Dr. Imran Andrabi of ThedaCare
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a lot of financial challenges for health systems. As a result, executives had to find new ways to connect with patients,…
Will COVID-19 help create a sustainable healthcare system?
Fields said providers were reliant on patients coming to their facilities. The pandemic has highlighted the vulnerabilities of hospital-centric care. Drops in demand for non-COVID…
High-speed internet access is a new social determinant of health
According to the American Hospital Association, an estimated 76% of U.S. hospitals now provide some type of telemedicine service that requires broadband access with bandwidth…
Court to take up Trump immigration, abortion referral rules
The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up challenges to controversial Trump administration policies affecting family-planning clinics and immigrants, even though the Biden administration…
COVID-19 vaccines sharply cut hospitalizations
Two U.K. studies released Monday showed that COVID-19 vaccination programs are contributing to a sharp drop in hospitalizations, boosting hopes that the shots will work…
Feds OK’d export of millions of N95 masks as U.S. workers cried for more
In the midst of a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export ban on protective gear, allowing…