AI is giving rise to new health care professions, but the industry's structure needs to change for workers to flourish.

As 2026 draws closer, so too does the start of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS)  mandatory bundled ...

In an era when Santa Cruz County’s own civil grand jury has labeled local mental health services “underfunded, understaffed and overworked,” county leaders are now pushing a policy that would make ...

Everyone agrees primary care is crucial to a functioning healthcare ecosystem and to a healthy society. Being able to deliver preventive care and intervene early saves lives and downstream costs. But ...

From left to right: Owen Foster, Robin Lunge and David Murman. Courtesy photos. The Green Mountain Care Board will sign on to an agreement that moves Vermont towards a new federal model for health ...

With a national rise in mental health needs, health systems are turning to a new type of care facility to take pressure off hospital emergency departments — behavioral health urgent cares. The U.S.

Countries around the world face a health care workforce crisis: The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, an additional 40 million health care professionals will be needed. Meanwhile, in ...

Maryland became the first state on Friday to join a federal program designed to improve health care quality and equity while lowering costs for all health care payers, including Medicare, Medicaid and ...

When I first joined Mountain Family Health Centers almost ten years ago, it was part of a broader effort to integrate mental ...

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