Lee Health created the clinical department that serves home health, the ambulatory network and inpatient services for the hospital, reaching an entire community, says Zsolt Kulcsar, medical director of virtual health.
Fewer people have been delaying care, and in 2022 the number of those foregoing medical care declined by about 5 million from the levels seen in 2019, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed updating the outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payment rates by 2.6%, in a proposed rule released on Wednesday. The payment would affect approximately 3,500 hospitals and approximately 6,100 ASCs. This update is based on the projected hospital market basket percentage increase of 3%, reduced by a […]
The rule expands hold harmless arrangements to prohibit providers from agreeing to redistribute Medicaid payments amongst themselves, says Zubin Khambatta, a healthcare attorney and partner at Holland & Knight.
Nineteen independent rural Minnesota hospitals and more than 50 clinics have joined the Headwaters High-Value Network in its launch as a clinically integrated network. The collaborative clinical and business initiative has the goal of strengthening healthcare in rural communities for more than 750,000 Minnesotans.
At Johns Hopkins University, medical school will be free for students earning less than $300,000 a year due to a $1 billion donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The donation is also expected to increase financial aid for students at its schools of nursing, public health and other graduate schools.
Tabia is an AI platform that manages patients with the most complex, chronic diseases, says Tabia Health’s cofounders, CEO Steve Pickett and president Ricardo Clemente.
Redundancy essentials are needed in every area, including vendors, as the Change attack showed the ancillary impact on healthcare, says Greg Surla, senior vice president and chief information security officer for FinThrive.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement agreement this week reached by The Regents of the University of California and UCSF Health regarding their $100 million purchase of Dignity Health’s two San Francisco hospitals, St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC) and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH).
The University of Vermont Health Network, which serves over 1 million patients, is partnering with Abridge on AI for clinical documentation. UVM, an integrated system serving the residents of Vermont and northern New York, selected Abridge following a vetting process. Clinicians at UVM Health Network have been using Abridge for four months. The enterprise rollout […]