This week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA) introduced The PACE Part D Choice Act, which seeks to eliminate a significant financial disincentive for Medicare-only beneficiaries to enroll in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE.
Oscar Miranda, CTO for healthcare at Armis, discusses the intersection of risk and compliance in healthcare cybersecurity and its effect on IT teams.
Humana is continuing to expand its CenterWell Senior Primary Care clinics. In 2023, CenterWell will open in new markets including Indiana, Mississippi and Virginia, and expand clinics in seven other states where centers already exists. CenterWell intends to open 30 to 35 new senior-focused primary centers in 2023 through a joint venture with private equity firm […]
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization that advocates for patient safety in hospitals, has released the fall 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade results, showing an overall reduction in never events and progress on stemming healthcare-associated infections.
Eleven Democratic senators have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking the federal government to enact stronger consumer protections for Medicare Advantage in light of their concern over marketing practices for the program.
Rural health system Sanford Health and urban Fairview Health Services in Minnesota have signed a non-binding letter of intent to combine and create a new health system. The name of the parent company will be Sanford Health. Sanford Health CEO Bill Gassen will serve as president and CEO and Fairview Health Services CEO James Hereford […]
Kathy Ford, chief product and strategy officer at Project Ronin, discusses the progress in AI for healthcare and whether the industry is still afraid of risk.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to improve its data in ways that contribute to a fairer healthcare system, including continuing the development of equity scores and refining the Health Equity Summary Score, as well as addressing bias in various tools and methods.
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement with CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs after the latter was accused of not providing hearing aids to a patient, OCR has said.
The bank helps physicians in assessing needs, developing solutions across treasury tools and automating office functions, according to Lauren Ruane, co-head of healthcare for J.P. Morgan’s Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries.