As India builds a future ready healthcare ecosystem, the silent burden of biomedical waste demands urgent, coordinated ...

Meanwhile, 14 hospitals have been issued a civil monetary penalty by CMS since the enactment of the Hospital Transparency Rule. The share of in-network care increased from about 84% of all claims ...

Investigators found syringes, drugs, body fluids and health records of 7,700 patients in unsecured waste bins to be dumped at landfills. Skip to content. ... “As a health care provider, ...

On February 3rd, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value released its report, "A Road Map for Action." Here, we our Council recommendations on administrative spending and waste.

Help us investigate health care waste, fraud and abuse Sarah Kliff is an investigative health care reporter for The Times. Katie Thomas is an investigative health care reporter at The Times.

If policymakers genuinely want to address health care waste, Medicaid is the wrong target. U.S. health care costs are largely driven by inflated, non-transparent pricing and corporate profit-taking.

The real waste in health care is in Medicare — namely Medicare Advantage. Medicare Advantage plans cost us more without improving people’s health, all while private companies turn a profit on ...

Waste in U.S. health care isn’t just a health care problem; it’s an economic crisis. Businesses are buckling under skyrocketing insurance premiums, and families face heartbreaking choices.

Globally, health care generates about 4.4% of emissions, with the United States contributing the most to this output. ... Waste accounts for about 1% of Northwell's carbon footprint, ...