Swift action was needed after the attack to ensure hospitals got paid and now providers are rethinking their strategy for a more diversified approach, says Karly Rowe, interim president of Inovalon’s provider business unit.
The American Nurses Association has expressed concerns over a leaked draft of the Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, saying cuts to federal nursing research and workforce development would hamper the national healthcare system’s ability to improve and adapt to emerging evidence.
Ensure that the data is relevant and timely and make sure the insights reach people at the right time, says Anika Gardenhire, RN, chief digital and transformation officer at Ardent Health.
The Supreme Court today is hearing arguments in a case revolving around the constitutionality of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which determines which preventive services must be covered by the Affordable Care Act at no cost to the patient.
Twenty-six rural hospitals have launched the Ohio High Value Network for a clinically integrated system covering 2.5 million patients. The network will share clinical and business initiatives, operations and best practices. It will collaborate to control contracting costs, OHVN said. It is expected to drive care coordination and reduce administrative burden.
American College of Clinical Engineering and HIMSS collaborated on integrated and secure technology to send the correct information to the medical record, says HIMSS Changemaker Awardee Ilir Kullolli, VP & COO for digital information solutions at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
There is no other funding source for this curiosity-driven research, if the money goes to more applied research programs, says Vik Bajaj, cofounder and CEO of Foresite Labs.
UnitedHealth Group’s profits took a big year-over-year leap, according to its newly released first-quarter earnings, but it cut its earnings guidance due to unexpectedly higher care costs in its Medicare Advantage business.
Luigi Mangione has been indicted on a count of murder through the use of a firearm in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The charge makes him eligible for the death penalty.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rejected an appeal from Humana to improve the latter’s Medicare Advantage star ratings, which could cost the insurer significant revenue in 2026. On April 15, Humana and American for Beneficiary Choice submitted notice to bring to the court’s attention an April 14 denial by CMS of the […]