Lyft said the news makes it the first ride-sharing company to become a Medicaid enrolled provider, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Arizona, Florida, and Massachusetts.
Health care again was a major focus in last night's primary debate for candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, with candidates split on whether to transition the United States to a single-payer health system, but agreeing on expanded access to coverage for undocumented immigrants.
When 60-year-old Jay Kostman, an infectious-disease specialist, woke up with his arm tingling and a heaviness in his leg, he thought he was having a stroke. But after listening to his heart, he heard a "shock[ing]" sound that gave way to his true diagnosis, Mari Schaefer reports for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
An increasing number of medical students and current doctors are pursuing MBAs to get ahead of burnout and expand their career options in the United States' "shifting" health care industry, Shelly Hagan writes for Bloomberg.
Sanford Health and UnityPoint Health on Friday announced their intent to merge into an $11 billion integrated health system that, pending regulatory approval, would form what the Wall Street Journal calls a "regional giant" in the Midwest.
Study participants who were randomly assigned to receive a pedometer and behavioral support were, several years later, more active and at lower risk for heart attack, stroke, and bone fractures, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine on Tuesday.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Wednesday voted 20-3 to advance a bipartisan legislative package intended address so-called "surprise" medical bills in ways that hospital and provider groups say is unworkable.
