After the couple was stuck at Centro Médico Americano because they were unable to pay their $14,000 hospital bill, Tyler Perry—an actor, writer, producer, and director— sent a payment to the hospital and offered to cover the couple's travel expenses, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri.
TIME recently released its list of the 100 Best Inventions of 2019 based on factors including creativity, effectiveness, influence, and originality—here are the 25 health care inventions that made the list.
Mayo Clinic and Abu Dhabi Health Services Company on Sunday announced they will partner to open and operate a new multispecialty hospital in the United Arab Emirates—marking Mayo's latest and largest attempt at establishing an international brand.
CMS earlier this year updated the Medicare Plan Finder tool for the first time in a decade, but users are reporting various technical glitches with the revamped tool, which they say are causing inaccurate cost estimates.
CMS on Monday announced that health care providers next month will be able to start applying for the direct contracting path under the agency's new Primary Care First alternative payment model.
In a race to identify the cause of an outbreak of vaping-linked illnesses, CDC's 'disease detectives' faced an unprecedented number of challenges, including the unenviable task of diagnosing 'a new disease that present[s] itself in different ways,' and navigating several thousand potential 'suspects.'
