In a time of inflation, talent shortages, supply chain challenges and shrinking capital, healthcare decision-makers must be more adept than ever at stretching dollars. And those headwinds are spurring some health system leaders to…
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On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for next year’s Medicare physician fee schedule.
The proposed rule would cut physician’s payment rates by 2.8%. Industry groups reacted with…
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If the global healthcare industry was a country, it would be the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gas.
As lawmaking bodies and other various entities continue to reckon with the daunting future of climate change,…
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Multi-state hospital operator Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and seeks up to $300 million in financing to keep the doors of its 31 remaining hospitals open.
The company blames…
Rising healthcare costs are a major concern for employers in 2024 as they battle inflation, provider shortages and increasing drug costs. After raising $4.8 million in seed funding last week, one startup aims to…
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The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced £3.4 billion of new investment in NHS digitisation in the Spring Budget.The NHS in England, which had been facing real-term cuts due to inflation, will also receive a…
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What You Should Know:
– Vizient, Inc., a leading healthcare performance improvement company, has released its latest Pharmacy Market Outlook, projecting a 3.8% growth in drug price inflation.
– The increase is the highest since July…
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What You Should Know:
– After a decade of unchecked expansion, the health IT market faced a reality check in 2023, according to a new report from Healthcare Growth Partners.
– The report, January 2024 Health…
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In order to secure capital in the current digital health fundraising environment, startups must adopt a greater focus on profitability and the sustainability of their unit economics, according to Ian Wijaya, managing director at…
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What You Should Know:
– The US healthcare industry, after weathering a storm of inflation, labor shortages, and lingering COVID-19 impacts in 2023, is now showing signs of a promising rebound, according to a…
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