Cigna’s profits increased to $1.9 billion during the second quarter, compared to $1.8 billion during the same quarter in 2023, according to the company’s earnings report released August 1. The growing specialty pharmacy business is one reason for the increase.
Authentication can go to the bad actor’s computer, says Tony Lauro, security tech and strategy director for Akamai, which has been working on fixing the MFA process.
Physicians experienced post-traumatic stress disorder at a rate three times higher than the general population during the COVID-19 public health emergency, with one in five exhibiting PTSD symptoms over the course of the pandemic, according to a JAMA Network Open analysis.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasing payment to inpatient hospitals by 2.9%, a rate the American Hospital Association said is unsustainable.
The three-year collaboration includes measuring South Korea system hospitals to the HIMSS digital maturity models and developing a workforce program to support the next challenges, says Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO.
AI can affect the entire imaging pipeline, from the type of exam ordered to report generation, say Dr. Benoit Desjardins, University of Pennsylvania radiology professor.
In a new rule this week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized an update to Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) for fiscal year 2025, updating PPS payment rates by 3%.
Cody Coonradt, Billy’s CEO and founder, says patients are now able to negotiate prices for medical procedures and lower their bills by having location-based access to hospital pricing data.
Centene’s second-quarter earnings report brought good financial news for the insurer as it posted $1.1 billion in profit and $39.8 billion revenue, both improvements over the $1.05 billion in profit and $37.6 billion revenue it logged in Q2 2023.
Optum is laying off 524 employees in California jobs, according to a required filing in that state through the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. Optum submitted the list of layoffs and permanent closures on July 18.