Why Leadership Is the Missing Link in Patient Safety Reform
Patient safety has lost its place on the priority list. Without strong, sustained attention from those at the top, safety efforts rarely take root.
Navigating the Path to Success in Medical Devices: Strategy, Reimbursement, and Competition
The keys are establishing a culture that applauds ideas and learns from “failures” rather than seeking to place blame, recognizing that the best ideas can come from any source, and benefiting from cross-functional discussion and challenge.
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A Path to Healing: Discovering Arizona’s PTSD Treatment Centers
Explore top PTSD treatment centers in Arizona, offering personalized care, holistic therapies and expert support to help individuals heal and reclaim their lives.
Why Providers Aren’t Happy with CMS’ Outpatient Medicare Physician Payment Proposal
CMS proposed a 2.4% Medicare payment increase for hospitals’ outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers in 2026, along with a new two-tiered physician reimbursement structure based on participation in value-based care models. Provider groups are welcoming the short-term boosts, but they fear the changes don’t go far enough to address their long-term financial pressures.
Why HHS’ Notice On Federal Public Benefits Harms Both Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants
Numerous advocacy organizations are sounding the alarm over a recent HHS notice that restricts access to federal benefits for undocumented immigrants, as well as for those lawfully present.
Atherosclerosis and Osteoporosis: A Tale of Two Conditions
Why has there been so little progress against the rate of osteoporotic fractures and the associated morbidity and mortality? The deaths are real, the pain and suffering are real — and almost all of us have witnessed it. And, of course, the cost to our health system, $57 billion per year, is real.
Protecting Members’ Medicaid Coverage Must Start Now
Here's a roadmap that brings together a wide range of existing and new initiatives under four key goals that enable community-based organizations to take stock of their existing capabilities and coordinate across them effectively.
What Are Healthcare Organizations Getting Wrong about Email Security?
A new report by Paubox calls for healthcare IT leaders to dispose of outdated assumptions about email security and address the challenges of evolving cybersecurity threats.
Medicaid Helps Families — Like Mine — Live the Promise of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”
At the heart of this fight are the patients whose lives quite literally depend on Medicaid. But we are also fighting for the caregivers who show up every day, the children who rely on stability, the families who rally around their loved ones, and all those whose lives are shaped by access to care.
Democratic Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over New ACA Rule
A group of Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit against HHS and CMS, arguing that their recent final rule will harm access to care under the Affordable Care Act.
Sarepta CEO: ‘We Have, I Believe, a Very Laudable History of Being Extraordinarily Transparent’
Sarepta Therapeutics knew about the death of a patient treated with its experimental gene therapy for a type of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, but said nothing publicly for a month. Financial analysts lambasted Sarepta executives for failing to disclose the fatality when the company announced a restructuring that includes stopping work on this limb-girdle program.
Designing For Silence: Why The Wait Is Healthcare’s Blind Spot
Patient experience is never just about the moment care begins. It’s about the sum of all the interactions, big and small, that shape how people feel in a space. So why do we design waiting areas in ways that make people feel forgotten?
Solving Healthcare’s Provider Data Problem Starts with Interoperability
Break down the silos. Take control of your provider data.
American Heart Association Backs Auxira Health to Alleviate Cardiologist Burnout
The American Heart Association’s venture arm invested in Auxira Health, a startup that embeds virtual clinical teams into cardiology practices to reduce physician burnout and expand patient access. By handling routine tasks like follow-up visits and medication refills, Auxira gives cardiologists the opportunity to focus on complex care without adding full-time staff.
Turning the Page for Obesity Therapies — Addressing Tolerability and Delivery
As scientists and researchers figure out the right balance of GLP-1 to glucagon ratio and a better drug delivery method, we are beginning to turn the page for the many individuals suffering from obesity.
How to Take Out the Data Garbage and Create AI Gold
If healthcare leaders hope to demonstrate ROI on AI investments, reduce clinician burnout, and meet compliance requirements, they must first ensure the integrity of their clinical data.
Employers Will Likely Reduce Health Benefits in 2026, New Mercer Survey Reveals
A new survey from Mercer found that 51% of large employers said they are likely or very likely to make health benefit changes that would shift more costs to employees.
Most Patients Want AI in Healthcare — If It Means More Time with Their Doctor
Most patients are open to the use of AI in healthcare — as long as it enhances, rather than replaces, human interaction, according to new research. It also showed that patients want transparency about how AI is used.