Ghost networks haunt mental health access, study finds
Dive Brief: A secret shopper study conducted by researchers at the Ohio State University found that less than a quarter of calls to mental…
Medicine Gave Itself a Code for Diabetes Remission. A Year Later, the Payment System Still Can’t See It. – The Health Care Blog
By HANA KAHLEOVA “Will this only get worse?” Patients with type 2 diabetes have asked me some version of that question for my entire career.…
Drugmakers seek to intervene in lawsuit challenging 340B pilot
Dive Brief: Drugmakers are fighting back against hospitals’ latest attempt to kill the controversial 340B rebate pilot program, arguing…
A Regulatory Blind Spot Hiding in Plain Sight – The Health Care Blog
By JUSTIN MCKAY When I’m brought back into the diagnostic area, one of the first things I see is a lead apron, well-worn and folded into…
3 tips to manage soaring health costs
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WESTMINSTER, Colorado — The time to start…
Discharge Planning Ends at the Funeral Home. That’s a Health System Failure. – The Health Care Blog
By EVAN REID We reconcile medications at discharge because we decided, correctly, that the handoff out of a hospital is a clinical event with…
Zocdoc acquires Sohar Health in latest push to scale tech infrastructure
Dive Brief: Online medical scheduling company Zocdoc has acquired Sohar Health, a startup that provides automatic insurance benefits…
Is Your AI Query Tool Compliant by Default? – The Health Care Blog
By BRIAN FENGLER Every night in the emergency department, the electronic health record hums with small demands for attention. A nudge about…
Humana enters $2.8B primary care joint venture with BlackRock
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Humana has inked a new joint…