Court ruling relieves payers from covering certain services with no cost to the patient. Healthcare providers reacted harshly to a U.S. District Court judge’s decision in September that shakes the foundation of one of the most popular aspects of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), that is, the responsibility of non-grandfathered group or individual market health plans … [Read more...]

Primary Care News Walmart to open more health centers in Florida Walmart Health recently announced plans to bring more accessible, convenient, and affordable healthcare to communities in Florida with 16 new health centers. The locations will span the metro areas of Jacksonville, Orlando, and Tampa and will open by fall 2023. “As the population in Florida continues to … [Read more...]

Fisher Healthcare’s Steve Orlando has learned over a 46-year career that when you own the relationship, the customers will come to you first to solve their problems. By Graham Garrison Steve Orlando had a decision to make. He’d just graduated from the University of Florida, and was eyeing grad school. But several friends who’d also graduated from college were encouraging … [Read more...]

Honda provides grant to advance teen driver safety Honda is providing more than $2 million in financial support for 25 organizations across the United States that are focused on teen driver safety. The grants support a wide variety of initiatives aimed at young drivers in the areas of education, training and resources that supplement or go beyond traditional driver’s … [Read more...]

Report examines youth mental health challenges Anxiety among children is on the rise, according to United Health Foundation’s 2022 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report. The report reveals sharp increases in youth mental health challenges, including: “Many mental health disorders can start by age 14, so it’s critical that we provide promotion, … [Read more...]

Content topics for medical suppliers to blog about today. Most B2B marketers see positive ROI from their blogs and 126% higher lead growth than those that don’t blog. However, maintaining a regular blog with relevant content is a significant undertaking as it requires hundreds of quality topic ideas to fill your content calendar each year. Medical supplier … [Read more...]

Physician group spells out its position on environmental crises and the medical community. The state of the world’s environment isn’t just about pollution, hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, drought and heat. It’s about human health. That’s the gist of a position paper on environmental health issued this fall by the American College of Physicians and published in the “Annals … [Read more...]

Why rural hospitals are facing unprecedented financial pressures and workforce shortages. To understand just how different a rural hospital is from a metropolitan one, Larry Bedell said to picture a Friday night high school football game. Traditionally, mixed in with the crowd of spectators would be not just the nurses, technicians, front office staff and doctors of the … [Read more...]

News and trends related to respiratory season Swarm of COVID-19 variants could push a winter surge The last two years have seen COVID-19 variants emerge one at a time across the world, but a multitude of viruses and a new “evolutionary phase” are making health experts nervous, according to The Washington Post. There are currently multiple versions of the omicron … [Read more...]

By Stephanie Reed, Director of Education, HIDA Supplier diversity is a strategic commitment to provide equitable access to purchasing and contractingopportunities for diverse businesses. Some of HIDA’s member companies have had supplier diversity programs for 30 years or more. The conversation on supplier diversity is being driven by our customers, especially healthcare … [Read more...]