[ad_1] Recently the CBO published a report comparing the rates public and private insurers pay to hospitals for inpatient services, for services at hospital outpatient departments (HOPD), and at ambulatory
[ad_1] Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the US government said Thursday. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention quickly
[ad_1] Virginia is the latest state to earn approval for a reinsurance program, which will reimburse certain insurers for high-cost claims. With the decision on Virginia by federal regulators Wednesday,
[ad_1] The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization.
[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s top health official tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the latest member of his Cabinet to be infected with the virus. US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra
[ad_1] COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas the hardest hit
[ad_1] An expert group convened by the World Health Organization says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people
[ad_1] The health insurance industry wants policymakers to require more transparency of private equity healthcare deals and increase oversight of health system consolidation, the trade group AHIP wrote in letters
[ad_1] Last winter’s sports season had just begun, and the epidemiology staff at Nevada’s second-largest health district were busy calling the parents of high school athletes who’d tested positive for
[ad_1] Despite the risks posed by COVID-19, hospitals continued to perform eight common, low-value procedures during the first year of the pandemic at a rate similar to 2019, according to