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A new American Health Information Management Association study aimed at finding a better understanding of the operational realities of how social determinants of health data is used in real-world healthcare scenarios, finding a lack of standardization, insufficient training and limited cross-sector use. WHY IT MATTERS The study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, surveyed

Skip to main content February 15, 2023 06:44 PM Community Health Systems more than doubled its profits in the fourth quarter, but high labor costs and inflation continued to pressure its results. The Franklin, Tennessee-based for-profit system on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $414 million, or $3.18 per share, compared with $178 million, or

Skip to main content February 15, 2023 02:52 PM Elevance Health has added specialty pharmacy BioPlus to its portfolio of businesses, the health insurer announced Wednesday. Elevance Health purchased BioPlus from CarepathRx, a private equity owned company that provides pharmacy services to hospitals, according to a news release. The company announced the transaction in November.

Skip to main content February 14, 2023 06:01 PM CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth will unwind their longtime Centura Health joint venture, with CommonSpirit taking control of most of the 20 hospitals. Then-Catholic Health Initiatives, which became Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health following its 2019 merger with Dignity Health, and AdventHealth formed Centura in 1996. The joint venture has reached

Skip to main content February 14, 2023 06:40 AM Shradha Agarwal, left, and Rishi Shah The investigation that led to the downfall of Outcome Health started with a single email after the company made headlines with a blockbuster deal that valued it at more than $5 billion. The company, which was previously called Context Media

When Jennifer Merritt’s tween daughter, Lila, needed treatment for severe depression and anxiety, she turned to her insurance. It was a struggle and took many appeals, but she succeeded in getting her plan to cover one of the biggest costs -- about 6 months of Lila’s care at $12,000 per month in an out-of-state residential

Health officials in the United Kingdom have warned about a sharp increase in confirmed cases of norovirus. National surveillance data shows laboratory reports of the virus in England are 66 percent higher than the average at this time of year, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Total lab reports during weeks 3 and