CMS is proposing to increase the end stage renal disease prospective payment base rate to $269.99 for 2024, increasing total payments to freestanding ESRD facilities by $4.42, or approximately 1.6%, compared to 2023. For hospital-based ESRD facilities, CMS projects an increase in total payments of 2.6%.

Working for a nonprofit focused on saving lives and improving the quality of life, Carolina Nelson, the relief organization’s LAC regional deputy director, says she found HIMSS a great space to understand the stakeholders and solutions that could support that mission.

NASHVILLE – Four health system CFOs on Sunday kicked off the opening keynote session of the Healthcare Financial Management Association annual conference by summing up the challenges hospitals have overcome and how they’re tackling the ones ahead.

Optum is acquiring home health, hospice and acuity care provider Amedisys in an all-cash deal valued at an estimated $3.3 billion. The agreement calls for the acquisition of Amedisys’s outstanding common stock in an all-cash transaction for $101 per share, the company said by statement.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is releasing new details about how people can get drugs that may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease covered by Medicare. If the Food and Drug Administration grants traditional approval, then Medicare will cover the drug in what CMS deems “appropriate” settings –  that also support the collection […]

The HIMSS Continuity of Care Maturity Model (CCMM) encompasses health from prenatal to end-of-life care, explains Toni Laracuente, SVP and head of Analytics at HIMSS.

Following on the heels of Georgia, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said this week that Friday Health Plans of North Carolina has consented to being placed into receivership, due to its reported insolvency and inability to raise additional funds from outside investors. The State of Georgia made a similar move earlier this month, placing […]

Coming off strong years for healthcare services deals in 2021 and 2022, volumes have remained resilient through May despite multiple headwinds, including higher interest rates, increased antitrust regulatory review concerns, elevated valuations and general fears about the recession.

The loss of coverage for Medicaid recipients is happening faster than anyone believed it would, according to Karen Shields, chief client engagement officer at Gainwell Technologies, a large payer of Medicaid claims. “It’s faster than we thought,” said Shields, a former deputy director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. “The call for action […]

HIMSS23 saw the launch of the Native American Indigenous People’s Community and next year, says Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, “we hope to have an even louder voice in international engagement.”