Home Health agencies get a 0.5% payment increase in the 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule.
The American Hospital Association has criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, saying the increase for outpatient hospital services doesn’t go far enough.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The vast majority of cybersecurity risks and breaches are from third-party vendors and other organizations, said experts John Riggi and Richard Staynings during the closing keynote of the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Friday.
Passwords don’t need to be changed as often as every 90 days, but multifactor authentication is a must, says Jonathan Bauer, CIO Atlantic General Hospital Health System.
Aetna, part of CVS Health, has rolled out SimplePay Health, an alternative health plan that aims to simplify the member experience. The plan, for self-insured clients, is intended to further reduce costs and improve outcomes and features a payment model and resources geared for choosing high-quality providers.
Using AI to extract data is one of the more promising areas of cybersecurity, says Darren Lacey, CISO at Johns Hopkins.
Teladoc Health put in a stronger-than-expected showing in the third quarter, bringing in $640.5 million in revenue, down 3% year-over-year (YOY), according to the company’s earnings results.
UC Davis Health has adopted technology in a partnership to prioritize stroke cases and share information across academic medical centers. This led to efficiencies and better patient outcomes, says chief AI advisor Dennis Chornenky.
Prior authorization does not work for patients, providers or even payers, according to Peter Ax, founder and CEO of UpScriptHealth. The intention of prior authorization is to make an efficient use of health resources, Ax said. It has not worked. “Prior authorizations are hated universally by patients, by providers and frankly I don’t think prior […]
Steward Medical Group and Steward Health Care Network have been sold to Rural Healthcare Group and have been rebranded as Revere Medical.