The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent a letter to Medicaid directors in all 50 states directing them to determine whether they have an eligibility systems issue that could cause people, especially children, to be disenrolled from Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (

Rapid expansion of telehealth services for mental health conditions at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic helped improve access to care and improved provider ability to meet patient demand, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has issued a proposed rule that seeks to establish comprehensive staffing requirements for nursing homes – including, for the first time, national minimum nurse staffing standards.

Healthcare provider Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) escalated its ongoing dispute with regional Elevance Health by filing a lawsuit against insurer Anthem on Monday. The lawsuit alleges Anthem owes more than $93 million in unpaid claims.

As the demands of the medical field continue to intensify, physicians practicing in some specialties find themselves grappling with the harrowing consequences of excessive stress, long hours and emotional exhaustion – and this burnout is having an effect on these specialties, particularly emergency medicine. A new American Medical Association survey found that 62% of emergency […]

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs achieved digital maturity in four categories for HIMSS stage 7 recognition, says IT Executive Director Raed Alhamze.  

Citing strong performance from its business units, Highmark Health said it logged $13.6 billion in revenue during the first half of 2023, as well as an operating gain of $230 million and net income of $389 million. The nonprofit Blues insurer attributed this result to Highmark Health Plans, United Concordia Dental and HM Insurance Group, […]

The American Hospital Association has lauded efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to limit short-term “junk” health plans, but is pressing the agency to do more on the issue of unaffordable cost sharing, “even in ACA compliant health plans,” the AHA wrote in a letter to CMS this week.

More than three quarters (78%) of respondents to a new Claroty survey  experienced a minimum   of one cybersecurity incident over the last year, which impacted a broad range of asset types, including IT systems, sensitive data, medical devices and building management systems.