Throughout 2021, Walmart has made key expansions into healthcare, especially within the telehealth space. It has also faced issues from the fallout of the opioid crisis lawsuit.

The pandemic drastically altered the lives of millions of people in Generation Z, forcing them to reevaluate their plans, Fortune reported Dec. 13. 

Bending the relentlessly rising healthcare cost curve is spurring organizations to think beyond tactical cost-containment measures to transformational approaches. During a session sponsored by Huron at the Becker's Hospital Review 9th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable in November, Rick Roycroft and Vickie Monteith, managing directors at Huron, discussed key cost transformation strategies.

CVS is holding its first investor meeting since the start of the pandemic in which CEO Karen Lynch and other executives will share finanical progress and strategy goals with investors, CNBC reported Dec. 9. 

On Dec. 9, CVS will hold its first investor day since the start of the pandemic, pitching to its investors how it plans to bring customers to its stores using other healthcare services, CNBC reported Dec 8. 

The healthcare industry's financial challenges have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols can help health systems reduce the length of stay, minimize post-surgical infections and decrease readmissions, which can provide much-needed financial relief.

The massive inoculation efforts in the U.S. have been led by pharmacists, emphasizing their important role in the healthcare system that shouldn't be overlooked, pharmacy student Payton Atkins wrote in the Herald Leader Dec 3. 

Deciding where to place artificial intelligence within an organization is key to optimizing productivity, increasing efficiency and keeping a competitive advantage, Harvard Business Review reported Dec. 3.

Medical practices and health systems everywhere struggle with no-shows. When patients don’t attend their appointments, care suffers—and so does the organization’s bottom line.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive condition in which the arteries in the lung become stiff, thickened or narrowed, making the heart work harder to pump blood through them.

Utah officials have submitted a proposal to combine the state's health and human services departments, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Dec. 1.

Revenue cycle management is complex, difficult and costly to manage. Between the complexity of coding, transparency regulations, new market realities and shrinking hospital margins, traditional RCM processes no longer produce the desired results.

Federally qualified health centers have long cared for the uninsured and underinsured by providing free or low-cost primary care services in underserved communities.

The vaccination mandate imposed by CMS may serve to worsen patient outcomes and place serious stress on hospitals and health systems, former CMS Administrator Seema Verma wrote for The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1.

Healthcare provider organizations have experienced an incredible amount of uncertainty over the last year and a half.

Food insecurity is a serious issue that affects many Americans and is also linked to poor health outcomes. A new McKinsey report, published Nov. 24, details why and how payers and health systems should turn their attention to combating the issue.

Even before the omicron variant rattled markets and health officials, Americans were still citing COVID-19 as the most urgent health issue facing the country, a new Gallup poll published Nov. 30 shows.

The healthcare sector has met artificial intelligence with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. In a world where clinicians are overwhelmed by data, many view predictive AI solutions as necessary tools that can be paired with human expertise and judgment. When done ‘right’, these tools can dramatically improve health outcomes, reduce costs, and increase productivity to alleviate critical labor challenges such as staffing shortages.

A new survey conducted by the Stark County (Ohio) Health Department has found many women face significant barriers to healthcare access, including lack of appropriate appointment times and discrimination, reported The Repository Nov. 22.

Despite the tragic death toll the coronavirus caused in the U.S, vaccinations have been polarized politically, and many people are still hesitant about whether to get inoculated. Here are three strategies to promote COVID-19 vaccination, according to a report in The Lancet published Nov. 15.