Data is needed for good decisions. Enactment of the European Health Data Space would provide secure access, says Maria Hassel from the Swedish eHealth Agency.
In an effort to crack down on predatory Medicare Advantage marketing practices, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule it says will improve marketplace competition and limit plans’ payments to brokers.
The American Hospital Association has criticized the “inadequate update” to outpatient hospital payments in the 2024 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System
Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have penned a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking the federal agency to analyze artificial intelligence use in Medicare Advantage plans with an eye toward reducing claims denial rates.
Kaiser Permanente is in a drastically different financial situation than it was a year ago, having posted $239 million in net income for the third quarter. That’s up from a net loss of $1.5 billion in Q3 2022.
Providers are weighing in on the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which finalized payment amounts in 2024 that will be reduced by 1.25% overall compared to 2023.