Beginning Wednesday, hospitals are no longer required to report COVID-19 hospital admissions, hospital capacity, or hospital occupancy data to the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cigna reported a $277 million net loss during its Q1 earnings call on Thursday. This compares with profits of $1.27 billion a year earlier.     The loss is driven by a non-cash after-tax net realized investment loss of $1.8 billion, primarily related to a VillageMD impairment charge to write off assets.

2024 HIMSS Changemaker award recipient Emily Barey, Epic’s chief nurse evangelist, takes a process improvement approach and says ‘yes’ as often as she can to see what those opportunities hold.

A new rule prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability has been finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services, through its Office of Civil Rights, and seeks to advance equity and boost protections for people with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.