Amid patient volume increases, wage pressure, and increased drug spending, hospitals’ total spending rose by 7.5% last year according to data shared in the American Hospital Association’s (AHA)...Read More »
The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) outlined the 10 most critical patient safety concerns expected to impact healthcare industries in 2026. The safety concerns are determined by insights gathered from senior executives from across the healthcare field.
The passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act last month will bring some changes to the Medicare provider-based billing requirements. This act funds federal departments and agencies, including the Department of...Read More »
Initiation of GLP-1 drugs was associated with a lower risk of substance use disorders (SUD) in adults with type 2 diabetes, a recent target trial emulation using data on veterans found. When compared with SGLT2 inhibitors (used to...Read More »
CMS recently published a behavioral health toolkit in an effort to support state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies ensuring children and youth get the care...Read More »