Nevada lawmakers are discussing nearly 10 bills aimed at reforming prior authorization requests for medical care through requiring quicker response times, increasing transparency, and creating regulations for artificial intelligence in decision-making.
A health systems company that operates throughout the Chicago area is eliminating a pay differential for nurses that was instituted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the change occurring during National Nurses Week.
The change was confirmed Friday by Endeavor Health, which operates several hospitals throughout Chicago's suburbs, including Edward Hospital in Naperville and Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
Data that employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs have shared with NPR shows that 11,273 agency employees nationwide have applied for deferred resignation, which the Trump administration is offering as part of its DOGE initiative to cut the VA's workforce by 15%.
The top positions across all networks that are requesting deferred resignation are nurses (about 1,300), medical support assistants (about 800) and social workers (about 300).
Mass General Brigham researchers are using artificial intelligence to scan a photo of a person's face and estimate their age based not on a birthday, but on how well that person is aging. They believe the technology could assist doctors in determining treatment options for cancer and other chronic diseases, or improve a doctor's estimate of how long a patient might live.
Mark Bertolini, formerly the CEO of Aetna (CVS), says narrow networks and lower cost options in the ACA marketplace are better for individuals, but that Aetna's exit isn't good for the market. Still, Aetna's exit bodes well for Oscar, which had 'significant overlap' with them, Bertolini says.