Patients suffer the health consequences of attacks that delay or disrupt care or result in ambulances being turned away, says Greg Garcia, executive director of the HSCC, Cybersecurity Working Group.
Tom Leary, head of Government Relations at HIMSS, is tracking what the change in the administration could mean for interoperability and data sharing regulations that are already well underway. He and his team are also looking at what a new Congress means for other policies. “We absolutely expect with the new Congress, some new policy […]
Walgreens is paying $100 million to settle a seven-year-old class action lawsuit alleging the company inflated drug prices. Walgreens denies wrongdoing. The class action suit, Russo v. Walgreens Co., dragged out over seven years in “hard-fought litigation,” according to court documents. WHY THIS MATTERS
CVS Health saw revenues climb 6.3% as compared to last year, posting $95.4 billion in revenue for the third quarter, even as its health benefits segment underperformed, due principally to high utilization.
Leaders from Rutgers University and the broader New Jersey community convened last week to celebrate a $47.5 million federal grant for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, which will be used to transform laboratory discoveries into more practical health solutions and treatments.
Elevance Health is the latest insurer to sue the Department of Health and Human Services over Medicare Advantage star ratings. Elevance, with affiliates Community Insurance Company in Ohio and Wellpoint in Texas, filed the lawsuit last week in federal court in the Northern District of Texas.
This unsustainable business model and the financial burden are passed on to providers, says Everett Wilson, healthcare regulatory attorney at Polsinelli.
Among a spate of final rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one updating payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in 2025.
When hit, all hospital functions are severely impaired, including clinical care delivery, which can result in patient deaths, says Eric Liederman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD and former national leader of privacy, security and IT infrastructure at Kaiser Permanente.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized the proposed 2.8% payment cut for physicians in its 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule.