Bob Tavernier of Quest Analytics® and Karen Tachian of Health Care Service Corporation discuss network performance in health plans including key survey insights, challenges with data quality, and how payers can use network data to drive strategic goals. The conversation highlights…
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A federal joint task force representing eight federal agencies is stripping an additional $450 million in grant funding to Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University due to its failure to address what the task force called “pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment”…
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Bob Tavernier of Quest Analytics® and Karen Tachian of Health Care Service Corporation discuss network performance in health plans including key survey insights, challenges with data quality, and how payers can use network data to drive strategic goals. The conversation…
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House Republicans are pushing a proposal that could reshape how artificial intelligence is regulated in the U.S., Politico reported May 13. The measure is already drawing backlash from state officials, lawmakers and policy experts. Here are six things to know:
Staffing shortages and other workforce challenges continue to test healthcare organizations’ operating models and ability to deliver high-quality care. To address these challenges, hospitals and health systems are increasingly exploring novel workforce solutions. This was the main theme of a…
Melanie Wilson, who recently stepped into the role of interim CFO at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health, is keeping a close eye on the changing healthcare landscape at a time when federal and state policy shifts loom. Ms. Wilson told Becker’s…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare said it will need to “seriously consider ending services or closing” Terre Haute (Ind.) Regional Hospital if its merger with Union Health is denied, NBC affiliate WTWO reported May 13. The merger is being reviewed under…