Consumer Driven Health Care

Under pressure from patient advocates and government regulators, credit agencies have taken steps to remove some medical debts from credit reports, but this could be costing physicians nationwide potentially billions of dollars.

The e-commerce giant is looking to its Prime members to bolster its newly-acquired, nationwide primary care service: For an additional $99 a year, members can have 24/7 access to health care services.

By aligning employers, providers and health plans around shared goals, benefits advisors can help reshape a spiraling system, incentivize quality and improve affordability.

Two Republican lawmakers sent a letter to the FDA commissioner, seeking a staff-level briefing on the short supply of 128 drugs, including "life-supporting medications" that treat infections, heart failure and cancer, by Nov. 9.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized rules on Thursday with sweeping implications for providers, including Medicare reimbursement rates for hospital outpatient sites and doctor's offices.

The retailer has partnered with mobile medical services company DocGo to deploy mobile clinics catering to those who want urgent or primary care and takes private insurance as well as Medicaid and Medicare.