The ONC rule and its requirements are still confusing to many, says Joerg Schwarz, senior director for healthcare interoperability strategy at Infor, who offers some insights for provider organizations who are bound by it.

The Texas Medical Association has filed its third lawsuit against the No Surprises Act. 

Optum Labs, the research and development arm of UnitedHealth Group, and Cornell Tech have created a collaborative research hub at Cornell University in New York that will focus on precision behavioral health and advancing equity in healthcare. The move, said Optum, was spurred by recent innovations in artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile sensing technology and virtual […]

A proposed rule would align HIPAA privacy regulations for the treatment of substance use disorder to other requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. 

Humana has made a decision to close most of its home health SeniorBridge services and concentrate on its Medicare Advantage plans. A company spokesman said the facilities are being closed, and not sold.

Hospital readmission rates began to improve upon implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, but a new JAMA Network Open analysis has found that the readmission gains due to the HRRP were smaller than originally reported.

Dave Brown, CEO at QiiQ and Thanos Melitsiotis, CPO at QiiQ, talk about using AI to remove administrative drudgery so doctors can have more time with patients.

Dean Browell, chief behavioral officer at Feedback, discusses how clinician burnout follows their sense of undervaluation and disrespect. He explains how organizations can attract and retain experienced professionals.

The end of the pandemic doesn’t mean the end of deferred care, according to Cleveland Clinic physician and Qualtrics Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adrienne Boissy. After two years of forgoing healthcare due to pandemic-related concerns, inflation is at an all-time high. Rising cost is the top reason Americans are deferring care, especially for mental health, […]

Federal audits released last week show widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000 per patient a year on average, according to Kaiser Health News.