The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cracking down on compensation to agents and brokers, in a final rule released last week.

Health systems are in a race to keep up with the pace of change, says David Smith, CFO of Anatomy IT.  

Massachusetts senators are asking the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize the proposed sale of Steward Health Care’s physician Group to Optum over concerns of UnitedHealth Group’s market dominance.

Patient relationship management means having a communication channel across the continuum of care, says Don Thompson, head of marketing at TeleVox.  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a warning to clinicians and state health departments regarding new cases of avian influenza A (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, saying that while the threat to humans remains low, the situation is being taken “very seriously.”

NLP is not new but, combined with large language models, is able to further increase performance and the number of use cases, says Dr. Tim O’Connell, founder and CEO of medical NLP company emtelligent.

In an illustration of how difficult it can be to navigate digital health insurance channels, the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Healthcare Digital Experience Study has found that 42% of insured adults say they’ve experienced a problem using their health insurance website and/or app over the past 12 months. And the websites and digital apps provided […]

Medical device manufacturers are often late in making a patch available, allowing perpetrators to get a foothold into the system, says Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera.  

The Commonwealth Fund has created a national task force to examine the changes needed to improve employees’ access to affordable healthcare coverage.  The Commonwealth Fund National Task Force on the Future Role of Employers in the U.S. health system aims to build consensus on market incentives and regulatory changes needed to enhance health coverage in […]

Immersive technology enhances psychotherapy for such uses as relaxation, breathing, mindfulness and desensitizing, says Dr. Kim Bullock, a psychiatrist, neuropsychiatrist and founder of the clinic at Stanford University.