The CMS price transparency rule that took effect Jan. 1 is presenting new competitive opportunities for health systems, according to research released April 9 by actuarial firm Milliman.

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the rate of burnout among physicians, who were already feeling bogged down by growing administrative workloads and additional challenges.

The number of certified physician assistants grew 6.52 percent between 2018 and 2019, with Rhode Island, Mississippi and New Jersey seeing the largest increases among states, according to a report released April 7 by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

HealthEquity announced it will acquire Further, a health savings account business run by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota parent Stella Health, for $500 million.

Apple has been emerging into the healthcare sector from tech developments to collaborating on medical research studies.

As hospital leaders debate the best strategies to get their staff vaccinated, learning the top reasons for employee hesitancy could be the key, based on a March Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

Encouraging employees to get vaccinated through incentives instead of mandates may work better, according to an April 8 CNBC report.

The following hospital and health system CFO moves have been reported since March 15. 

3M has filed a lawsuit against Tarpon Springs, Fla.-based MM Medical Supply, claiming trademark infringement and fraud for allegedly selling fake N95 masks to a health system in Massachusetts, The Hill reported April 9. 

Two-thirds of all U.S. bankruptcies stem from medical debt, and one-quarter of all U.S. credit card debt is medical, according to nonprofit RIP Medical Debt.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare opened a new 3,000-square-foot pharmacy April 9, WTNH-TV reported.

Vesta Healthcare, a digital health and clinical provider group platform, on April 6 closed a $65 million fundraising round.

Healthcare organizations and local governments across the country are launching ad campaigns to reach vaccine-hesitant Americans, as the U.S. could reach a point when it has more COVID-19 vaccine doses than willing recipients as early as the end of April.

UPMC and Advocate Aurora Health are the two latest health systems to join Moving Health Home, a new healthcare coalition founded by Amazon Care, Intermountain and Ascension.

More than 500,000 Americans signed up for ACA marketplace health insurance during the 2021 special enrollment period, according to a press release from CMS.

Europe's equivalent of the FDA is investigating whether four blood-clotting events are linked to Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, the agency said April 9. 

Here are six recent cancer care-related partnerships and affiliations formed since March 15. 

New York City-based Columbia University researchers are using artificial intelligence technologies to analyze the language used by different groups of people in the U.S. who are vaccine reluctant, according to an April 8 Columbia News report.

We hear leaders talk about the events of the past year as being a technology and innovation accelerant – I'd say the same can be said for the push for greater diversity, equity and inclusion in support of an organization's people, and the people they serve.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health and Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health have terminated an agreement for Prisma to acquire three hospitals and a freestanding emergency room from LifePoint.