Physicians charge that Zotec Partners is attempting to stifle their legally protected ability to speak about billing concerns, according to court documents.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has launched a new business arm, Walgreens Health, enabled by investments in VillageMD, a primary care provider, and CareCentrix, a post-acute care company.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased wages at its call centers to $15 per hour.

The plan is to benefit not only consumers but also providers, who will immediately know how much reimbursement to expect and how much administrative activity they can prudently avoid.

Feelings of burnout, researchers noted, were especially common among white cardiologists. 

Big-payout lotteries aimed at incentivizing Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19 have largely flopped, according to a research letter running in JAMA Health Forum.

The solution is expected to hit US markets by November. 

Left atrium emptying fraction (LAEF) measurements can provide significant value during the TAVR planning process.

The mortality rate for COVID-19 patients was nearly twice as high if they had a history of peripheral artery disease, researchers found. 

The analysis included more than 5,000 patients who received care from December 2014 to January 2018 in one of 42 countries.