Industry Analysis

September 19, 2022

Various groups, clinics and organizations have set up places for people without housing to recover from an injury, surgery and serious illness.

August 28, 2022

Kaiser Family Foundation research shows that an 8% increase in enrollment from 2021 to 2022.

August 25, 2022

Back from a brief hiatus, MHE brings you a brand new episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast where Editor Briana Contreras had the pleasure of speaking with Lissy Hu, president of Connected Care Networks at WellSky. Lissy and Briana discussed the shift to home-based care and where it stands after becoming much more of a norm three years into COVID-19. They also addressed the benefits and challenges of home-based care from a payer and patient’s perspective, as well as the cost of this service as its demand rises.

August 24, 2022

Drug manufacturers are rejecting the program’s blanket discounts involving contract pharmacies. A flurry of litigation has ensued.

August 18, 2022

Private equity firms have pulled back some this year, but money has been pouring into the healthcare sector. Will the cash infusion make healthcare more efficient or drive up costs as investors seek returns?

August 15, 2022

August 08, 2022

Pharma, health insurers square off about the healthcare provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act that passed the Senate yesterday. The PhRMA was sharply critical of the provisions that would empower CMS to negotiate the prices of a selected number of drugs. AHIP praised the extension of more generous ACA premium subsidies.

July 25, 2022

Automation not only eases the financial pressure these organizations are often under but requires less manpower, which helps overcome challenges associated with worker shortages, all while supporting a positive vendor relationship.

July 22, 2022

The program started before specialty drugs became such a large expense for Medicare and its beneficiaries. Congress is considering legislation that would cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs and require price discounts from manufacturers.

July 20, 2022

Some experts want to see more funding for hospice care in the home. Others say the advantages of hospice in a hospital or nursing home have been underrated.