UnitedHealth Group, which owns the nation’s largest private health insurer UnitedHealthcare, reported revenues of $60.4 billion during the third quarter of 2019––a 6.7% jump compared to the same three-month period in 2018.

“We’ve been telling patients that even if these injections don’t relieve your pain, they’re not going to hurt you, but now we suspect that this is not necessarily the case,” said Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, a professor of radiology at Boston University’s School of Medicine. 

Sky-high drug prices are a huge issue for many Americans who can’t pay for necessary medications, and 78% feel the federal government should be able to negotiate better prices.

Digital health companies continued raking in venture capital during the first three quarters of 2019, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group, but the number of deals and the value is about 10% lower year over year.

The aggressiveness with which some low-risk cancers are surveilled has more to do with the preferences of the patient than the state of the disease. Consequently, patients who want more scans and tests tend to raise their costs and risks of overtreatment without improving their outcomes.

Here are strategies that, taken together, give a radiology practice or department the ability to successfully triage, track and hire the best doctor for the job.

The right time for an appraisal is any time an employer—or an employee—feels communication on performance is necessary and appropriate.

The Trump administration released the star ratings for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans just before the 2020 open enrollment period.