Walking toward the New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan this morning, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in what law enforcement officers have called a targeted shooting. 

Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado has become the first community hospital in the country – and the fifth overall – to receive vascular verification from the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Hospitals can’t wait for the perfect plan to prepare for a cyberattack or other kind of disruption, and should start with what they have, says Heather Costa, director of resilience for the Mayo Clinic.  

Google is licensing its model focused on detecting diabetic retinopathy in India and Thailand, where an estimated 6 million people will have access to screenings at no cost, says Sunny Virmani, group product manager of health AI at Google.  

Insurer Humana has announced that current Chief Financial Officer Susan Diamond is stepping down from her role in the new year, to be succeeded by Celeste Mellet, effective January 11.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland saying that the Department of Justice should examine whether pharmacy benefit managers had a hand in the opioid epidemic.

Health systems in the U.S. saw slight margin gains in October following three months of declines, while operating margins for individual hospitals narrowed and expenses remained high, according to new data published by Strata Decision Technology.

Insurance is verified through the central scheduling system that includes pre-registration and appointment confirmation for a more efficient RCM, says Yuriy Kotlyar, cofounder and CEO of American Health Connection.  

Community Health Systems subsidiary Northwest Urgent Care has completed the acquisition of urgent care centers owned and operated by Carbon Health in Arizona. The Tucson, Arizona CHS subsidiary is part of Northwest Healthcare’s integrated network serving Tucson and surrounding communities. Northwest Healthcare now has more than 80 sites of care across the network, according to […]

MultiCare Health System in Washington State is the first health system to pilot a new generative AI tool to streamline appeals in the mid-revenue cycle, according to AI technology company Xsolis. The technology is used to create and submit appeal letters, saving administrative time and ensuring health plan appeal deadlines are met. WHY THIS MATTERS […]