Tag: health

UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of the nation's largest private insurer, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), is now affiliated with or employs approximately 10% of the US physician workforce, raising anti-trust and noncompete ...

Healthcare workers reported increasing numbers of poor mental health days and increasing feelings of burnout from 2018 to 2022, although these issues were less common among those who trusted management ...

A year or so ago, I talked with a man who said ketamine saved his life. He had been depressed, contemplating suicide, and then found a psychiatrist who prescribed him ...

Boston Children's Hospital recently announced its plans to transition to a unified Epic electronic health record. Similar to Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and Pittsburgh-based UPMC, Boston Children's – which ...

CDC issued a Health Alert Network advisory urging clinicians to "consider V. vulnificus as a possible cause of infected wounds that were exposed to coastal waters" -- especially if near ...

National industry leaders are warily eyeing the horizon for a potential recession, but for healthcare organizations, an economic downturn could bring some benefits.

First when the company announced it had parted ways with its CEO and its president in December. Then with a call saying the health insurance company needed capital to avoid ...

With Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services covers emergency medical response providers transporting patients to an alternative facility, such as a primary care ...

The Supreme Court ruling that higher education institutions may not consider race when making admission decisions could have far-reaching consequences for the healthcare industry.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's healthcare services strategy hasn't hit its stride just yet.