Author: Claire Wallace

Nearly 99% of Medicare Advantage patients are required to obtain prior authorization for certain services. 

A jury has determined that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana shortchanged a New Orleans-based surgical center by more than $400 million, according to a Sept. 24 report from NOLA.com. 

A large majority of physicians, 74%, frown upon nurses with clinical PhDs calling themselves "doctor" according to Medscape's 2024 "Hot Topics in the Medical Profession Report," published Sept. 18. 

VA St Louis Healthcare System's cardiology team has performed the hospital's first implants of the new Watchman FLX Pro left atrial appendage closure device.

Getinge's anesthesia management solutions arm has struck a partnership with Meditech's Alliance program. 

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based ophthalmic group SightMD has added two new specialists in Amityville and Garden City, N.Y. 

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare's Panama City Beach, Fla.-based medical office building is adding cardiology and pulmonary care, according to a Sept. 22 report from the Panama City News Herald.

Physicians in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. are the unhappiest with private-payer reimbursement rates, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician-Private Payer Relationship Report," published Sept. 20. 

Trident Medical Center has begun work on a new medical office building in North Charleston, S.C., according to a Sept. 23 report from CBS affiliate WCSC-TV.

A new study from digital health platform Cylinder, published in BMJ Open Gastroenterology, found that app-based digestive health management platforms can reduce health disparities among underrepresented populations.