The Senate Finance Committee issued a discussion draft Oct. 26 that extends funding for eight Medicare programs and six other healthcare programs, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
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HHS issued a request for information to better understand how to engage faith-based organizations in HHS-funded or regulated programs.
The House is set to vote this week on a bill to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to The Hill.
Peter Lee, executive director of California's insurance exchange Covered California, says individual insurance markets were on their way toward stabilization before President Donald Trump interfered, according to Business Insider.
A team of 27 clinicians from New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health returned from a 15-day trip to Puerto Rico where they provided aid to victims of Hurricane Maria.
Health system-based ambulatory pharmacies are not a new phenomenon – infusion and retail pharmacies have been staples within health systems for years. These existing onsite pharmacies allow hospitals to push their care beyond the physician diagnosis and create higher quality…
The CEO of Aetna said during a Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit last week leaders who invest in the lifetime value of consumers and workers grow revenue and earnings.
President Donald Trump's nominee for assistant health secretary of HHS has questionable ties to the insurance industry, according to Politico.
Nearly 50 percent of women in healthcare think it will take more than 25 years to achieve gender parity in the workplace, according to a Rock Health survey.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., toured Canadian hospitals this past weekend to better understand the nation's single-payer healthcare system, capping his visit with a sold-out speech at the University of Toronto Sunday, according to the Toronto Star.