Nurse practitioners are highly sought after as a less expensive healthcare alternative. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, there is going to be a shortage of physicians (expected to exceed 46,000 within the next decade), and of course, a significant increase in the cost of medical treatments.
Read MoreNew legislation is empowering patients in Missouri by giving them more freedom to choose the healthcare plan that best fits their specific needs. House Bill 769 ultimately approved the Direct Primary Care model for healthcare delivery in Missouri.
Read MoreAccording to KPMG, 81% of health IT leaders (223 executives were surveyed) say that their provider or insurance organizations have been victims of a cyberattack in the past 2 years. Forbes Insight conducted the survey for KPMG, questioning 161 providers and 101 health plans.
Read MoreSystems Made Simple, a subsidiary of defense and national security contractor Lockheed Martin, won over a $624 million contract from the Veterans Affairs Department to manage its medical appointment scheduling system at its Veterans Health Administration (VHA) healthcare system.
Read MoreDoctors at the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee meeting, testified as advocates for the direct primary care model in making family practices more viable for doctors and more accessible to patients. Doctors Mike Tracy and Bob Chandler, both of 307Health, and medical student Galen Mills told them about the new model and why it is as a viable means of increasing accessibility and reducing costs.
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