For the last six years, Walmart has been suggesting that its employees visit specific hospitals, known as Centers of Excellence, for surgeries and second opinions. Today, Walmart published a case study detailing its approach as a guide for other companies,…
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The FDA issued a draft guidance March 13 outlining restrictions on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, reports The Washington Post.
As part of its ongoing effort to address housing security, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is pledging $3 million to address chronic homelessness in 15 communities across California.
Several makeup products from Claire's retail stores tested positive for asbestos, which has been linked to cancer, the FDA warned.
In the highly-competitive insurance industry, payers are constantly tasked with finding new ways to differentiate themselves from their competition. An often-overlooked opportunity to stand out among the crowd is the provider data management and the credentialing process.
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Google sister company Verily teamed up with the American Heart Association on Research Goes Red, a heart health research initiative that aims to empower more women to contribute to heart disease research.
Limited trust has existed between payers and providers thanks to disagreements over networks, prior authorization and price variation; however, now is the time to change this dynamic, executives from UnitedHealth Group, Anthem and Permanente Medical Group wrote in a JAMA…
Health plans are looking for new ways to compete for customers, and some are finding that collaborating with healthcare providers can improve outcomes and costs for members; however, payers still have to persuade wary providers to work with them, according…
Several European nations were ranked among the most healthy nations in the world by Bloomberg's Healthiest Country Index. The U.S. ranked No. 35.
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network's emergency department usage and inpatient days for patients experiencing homelessness have decreased by more than 80 percent since the health system implemented its "street medicine" program.