Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death has left the now eight-member court equally divided between liberals and conservatives. This may affect certain healthcare-related cases, according to MedPage Today.
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Big data may present a new way to understand healthcare, moving away from evidence-based medicine, according to Forbes.
To address the opioid epidemic, two Massachusetts resident organizations teamed up to obtain access to the state's prescription drug monitoring program.
Hackers have shut down Hollywood (Calif.) Presbyterian Medical Center's computers for more than a week, according to CSO.
In 2015, the top 25 donors to state-level politicians and political parties in New York included healthcare organizations, according to a Capital New York report.
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Mount Sinai Health Partners, a clinically integrated network including providers and Mount Sinai Health System, partnered with health insurer Aetna to form an accountable care organization.
Physicians may want to consider protecting their practice website from unapparent dangers, according to Medscape.
Although some payers have exited the marketplace due to heavy financial losses, the Department of Health and Human Services reported the average number of payers per state have slightly increased in 2016, according to Kaiser Family Foundation.
The South has high rates of chronic disease and poor health outcomes, and the majority of states still have not adopted the Medicaid expansion to adults, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
In an increasingly digitized world, ensuring cybersecurity is a must, especially for healthcare organizations that handle personally identifiable information and protected health information.