The American Medical Association is urging Congress to permanently extend Medicare’s pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities, warning that temporary extensions create uncertainty for patients and providers.
The CDC drew widespread criticism for updating its website with language suggesting a possible link between vaccines and autism, contradicting established science.
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.
As always, this year's HLTH conference brought a slew of announcements — from product launches to funding rounds to new partnerships. This list features short summaries for seven of the conference’s most notable announcements.
If we truly believe in treating the whole patient, we must recognize that survival is not the only measure of success. Preserving a woman’s sense of self, her dignity, her identity, her autonomy is just as essential.
May has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, the American Medical Association and TigerConnect named new CEOs, and Google and UnitedHealth Group have seen key executives leave their roles. There were also layoffs at organizations including Devoted Health and New York-Presbyterian.
The current prior authorization process in U.S. healthcare constitutes a crisis, according to Jesse Ehrenfeld, immediate past president of the American Medical Association. Prior authorization is wasting clinicians’ time, delaying care and deepening public distrust — yet, payers show little urgency in fixing this problem, he said.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Healthcare experts shared key principles that are guiding health system strategy during a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST conference. These leaders believe in flexible, patient-centered engagement strategies, emphasize clinical value as the benchmark for adopting technology, and champion collaboration to scale solutions that deliver proven results.
An opportunity for children to learn and grow in a supportive environment that prioritizes personalized treatment and transparent care
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
The Supreme Court sided with the FDA and unanimously ruled to uphold access to abortion pill mifepristone. The decision quells worries about what it might look like if the Supreme Court sided with the physician group — many healthcare leaders feared that if the top court could overturn mifepristone’s FDA approval, the same could happen to other drugs.
How to turn analytics into actual policy outcomes.
Under a new final rule, eligible DACA recipients will be able to enroll in a Qualified Health Plan through the ACA Marketplace or through a Basic Health Program.
AHIP, the AMA and NAACOS released a playbook last week that provides the best practices for value-based care. It is based on experiences from physicians, value-based care entities and payers.
The American Medical Association, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans and several other organizations came out in support of the Biden administration's new rule on short-term health plans. The rule limits the plans to shorter time periods and requires them to be clearer about what they do and do not cover.
During a panel discussion at CES 2024, health executives shared safe ways AI can be used to support value-based care. This includes automating tasks and predicting who needs additional care.
Nearly half of physicians are equally excited and concerned about the use of AI in their field, according to a new AMA survey. Those who felt optimistic about AI cited reduced administrative burden as the number one benefit they’re seeking. Patient privacy and the impact to the patient-physician relationship were the most common reasons physicians cited for having reservations about AI.