When corporate executives, health care leaders, and policy makers discuss the challenge of curbing U.S. health care costs, the conversation invariably turns to the sickest 5% of the population, who consume 50% of health care spending.
Private-equity firms’ interest in hospitals and physician practices is growing. Whether that bodes well for the future of healthcare is a point of debate.
A KHN investigation found that manufacturers, hospitals, doctors and some patient advocates have put their marketing muscle ― and millions of dollars ― behind 3D mammograms.
On March 24, the Trump administration announced $100 million in supplemental funding for community health centers to support the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Getting heath care by phone or video conferencing has been around for several decades, but the outbreak of coronavirus has led to an increase in telemedicine use as never seen before, according to health systems and provider groups across the country...
Hundreds of hospitals across the nation, including a number with sterling reputations for cutting-edge care, will be paid less by Medicare after the federal government pronounced that they had higher rates of infections and patient injuries than othe...
To keep pace with the needs of employers, education should take place consistently and regularly throughout a person’s career, especially when it comes to justifying and maximizing investments in technology.
Similar to health systems, physicians also face risks and rewards as they consider and pursue alignment strategies. This section details some of those key risks and rewards.
Undoubtedly, alignment involves a certain degree of risk for health systems, but despite such risks, the need for alignment still exists. Health systems are willing to take on these risks to reap the resultant rewards, including baseline sustainabili...
