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Post-Acute
Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated
Some nursing home owners moved money from their facilities through corporate arrangements that are widespread, and legal, in every state.
Clinical Care
The Tests Are Vital. But Congress Decided that Regulation Is Not.
Money and lobbying help shield lab-developed tests, including prenatal screenings, from heightened federal scrutiny.
Telehealth
Behavioral Telehealth Loses Momentum Without a Regulatory Boost
Feds are working piecemeal to codify new rules for prescribing controlled substances.
Revenue Cycle
6 Recommendations for Overcoming No Surprises Act Hurdles
A workforce group penned a letter to HHS that highlights recommendations for meeting the legislation's deadlines.
Technology
Current Machine Learning Efforts Fall Short, But Collaboration in Healthcare Could Help
Adaptive techniques could improve diagnostic effectiveness in five key disease areas, a Government Accountability Office report states, but only if...
Supply Chain
Drug Supply Chain Security Act 2023 Deadline: 'All Parties Must Do Their Part'
A decade-long process to secure the safety and security of the pharmaceutical supply chain is nearing the finish line.
Finance
University of Michigan Health-West CFO Chris Kurtz Discusses The IPPS Final Rule
Kurtz says inflation has been 'devastating, to say the least,' for the hospital.
Revenue Cycle
The Useful 5: Regulatory Roundup for Rev Cycle Leaders
HealthLeaders' regulatory round up series highlights five essential governing updates that cover every aspect of the revenue cycle that leaders...
Technology
Healthcare Coalition Asks HHS for More Support as Information Blocking Rules Loom
HHS has been criticized for inadequate help with complex regulations that will take effect in October
Strategy
Union-backed Investors File SEC Complaint Against HCA Healthcare
HCA denies the allegations and calls the new complaint 'a rehash of claims this group purported in 2020.'
Pharma
Congress Urges Action Against Pharma 340B Violators
Lawmakers seek "steep financial fines" for biopharmas not supplying discounted medicines as required by 340B.
Telehealth
Vermont Amends Assisted Suicide Law to Include Telemedicine
The state is one of 10 and Washington DC that allow patients with a terminal illness to request help in...