Highmark to pay ambulance companies for treating patients outside hospital
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Highmark and Allegheny Health Network, both in Pittsburgh, launched a pilot program under
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Customers like their brick-and-mortar pharmacies
Customers really love their pharmacies, and for reasons that could make it tough for Amazon to keep up – at
Read MoreWhat are end-of-life rallies?
If you had a love one in hospice, you dream of having that one final conversation or connection with them
Read MoreThe Senate could soon pass an opioids package. But a new law is still a long way away
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Senate is likely to pass a comprehensive bill to address the opioid
Read MoreHHS Watchdog To Probe Enforcement Of Nursing Home Staffing Standards
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) The inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services this month
Read MoreNew Illinois law will prohibit nonmedical switching beginning January 1st.
The state of Illinois passed a law that will limit the practice of so-called nonmedical switching – in which insurance
Read MorePhilips issues another cybersecurity alert for some of its medical devices
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Philips released a security alert Aug. 21 about “resource exhaustion” flaws that put
Read MoreCommunity paramedicine
In attempt to avoid unnecessary and costly hospital visits, a pilot program in Massachusetts which will allow a small number
Read MoreThe use of digital health tools are on the rise
In a new survey by Rock Health, 90 percent of respondents used at least one digital health tool last year.
Read MoreCDC: Uninsured rate remains flat at 8.8%
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The number of uninsured Americans in the first three months of 2018 was
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