by Associated Press | Feb 1, 2021 | Healthcare, Hospitals
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California will be the outside administrator tasked with ramping up coronavirus vaccinations, which to date has been slow, stilted and plagued by confusion, the state health agency said in a statement...
by Michael Brady | Jan 18, 2021 | Healthcare
Medicare will cover all medical devices designated by the Food and Drug Administration as a “breakthrough” technology. The final rule, released Tuesday, will cover the use of a breakthrough device for four years after it receives FDA market authorization....
by Modern Healthcare | Jan 7, 2021 | Healthcare
INTRO COMMENTS: Hello and welcome to Modern Healthcare’s Next Up, the podcast for emerging healthcare leaders. My name is Kadesha Smith. I’m your host, and I’m also the CEO of CareContent, a digital strategy agency for healthcare organizations. Today, we are...
by Michael Brady | Jan 6, 2021 | Healthcare, Hospitals
Like many hospitals, Pennsylvania’s Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber saw its service volume collapse earlier this year after a pause in elective procedures. Global CEO Tom Kurtz said the decline would have wreaked havoc on its operating revenue in previous...
by Associated Press | Dec 31, 2020 | Healthcare, Marketing
A Vermont-based hospital network is now saying a cyberattack that crippled its computer systems in October was ransomware. While the Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network, which serves hospitals in Vermont and upstate New York, had said its systems...
by Associated Press | Dec 30, 2020 | Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals
Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the U.S. with an additional 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine under a second agreement. The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31. Pfizer already has a contract to supply the government...
