Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve revenue cycle operations, optimize labor through administrative efficiency and lower operating costs, but it comes with the risk of cybersecurity attacks and patient data breaches, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

A handful of independent pharmacies are suing Express Scripts for allegedly signing a three-year deal with pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics to fix reimbursement rates, a violation of the Sherman Act.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General recommends Medicare develop its own source for race and ethnicity data collection in the Medicare population, says Ann Maxwell, HHS-OIG deputy inspector general for evaluations.  

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has agreed to acquire all North Carolina-based locations of FastMed, a company that offers telehealth, urgent and primary care, occupational health and preventive services. In all, Blue Cross NC will acquire 55 FestMed locations, with the companies saying they would work together “to fortify healthcare capacity in […]