The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a final rule to standardize the Medicaid enrollment and renewal process nationwide. Currently, each state is responsible for operating its own Medicaid program within federal requirements. This has led to a large amount of variation from state to state.

Troubled Steward Health Care in Massachusetts has a deal to sell its physician group to Optum Care, according to a statement from Sen. Edward J. Markey D-Mass. 

AI, technology to improve maternal health outcomes and funding for public health data modernization are big topics at HIMSS24, says Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS.  

Answering a series of questions from lawmakers, the Congressional Budget Office addressed artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, determining that the evidence on the usefulness of the technology is mixed, particularly when it comes to costs, according to the report released on March 22.

The import of pre-health systems has only exacerbated the need for changes in technology and nurse input, says Connie White Delaney, dean and professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.  

Upwards of 41 drugs available through Medicare Part B will have a lowered Part B coinsurance rate from April 1 to June 30 if the drug company raises prices faster than the rate of inflation, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.