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Telehealth
House Committee Vote Gives Hope to Extending Telehealth, Hospital at Home Waivers
The House Ways and Means Committee has approved a bill that would extend CMS pandemic-era telehealth waivers another two years...
Payer
Surprise! Telehealth Doesn't Increase Overall Utilization and Cost As Much as We Thought
"Given concerns that telemedicine's convenience will lead to more visits, the relatively small increase in visits that we observed was...
Payer
Rising Complaints of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern
CMS says it is 'acutely aware' of the problem and is working on solutions.
CEO
At Stake in Mifepristone Case: Abortion, FDA's Authority, and Return to 1873 Obscenity Law
A victory for the plaintiffs would lay the groundwork for a de facto nationwide abortion ban.
CEO
After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly...
Technology
Healthcare Execs Lobby for Federal Patient Identification Standards
The Match IT Act of 2024, now before Congress, would create a federal definition for 'patient match rate' that providers...
Technology
As HIMSS24 Ends, Talk Shifts to AI Accountability
AI adoption is fast outpacing governance, and with memories (or nightmares) of EMR adoption and the Change Healthcare outage on...
Technology
AI Coalition Pushes Forward With Governance Plans
The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) is staking its claim as the industry?s best option for creating meaningful and acceptable...
Payer
Blue Cross of Louisiana Pauses Elevance Sale…Again
This is the second setback in what would be a $2.5B sale.
CEO
After Promising to Make Government Health Care Data More Accessible, the Biden Administration Now Wants to Clamp Down
Researchers across the country fear a new proposal by CMS will increase fees and decrease access to data used to...
Supply Chain
Quest Diagnostics to Pay CA Counties $5M in Medical Waste, Patient Data Dump Settlement
Dumpster dives found hundreds of containers of hazardous chemicals; unredacted patient data; and used blood and urine specimen containers.
Technology
'Behind the Times': Washington Tries to Catch Up With AI's Use in Healthcare
The scope of AI's impact ? and the potential for future changes ? means government is already playing catch-up.