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Arnab Sen, chief strategy officer of Omega Healthcare, talks about how technology can help healthcare organizations boost productivity, make the treatment process easier for patients to understand and reduce clinician burnout.  

Troubled Steward Health Care in Massachusetts has a deal to sell its physician group to Optum Care, according to a statement from Sen. Edward J. Markey D-Mass. 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a final rule to standardize the Medicaid enrollment and renewal process nationwide. Currently, each state is responsible for operating its own Medicaid program within federal requirements. This has led to a large amount of variation from state to state.

The import of pre-health systems has only exacerbated the need for changes in technology and nurse input, says Connie White Delaney, dean and professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.  

Answering a series of questions from lawmakers, the Congressional Budget Office addressed artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, determining that the evidence on the usefulness of the technology is mixed, particularly when it comes to costs, according to the report released on March 22.

AI, technology to improve maternal health outcomes and funding for public health data modernization are big topics at HIMSS24, says Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS.  

Upwards of 41 drugs available through Medicare Part B will have a lowered Part B coinsurance rate from April 1 to June 30 if the drug company raises prices faster than the rate of inflation, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in a case challenging access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The Biden administration and drug manufacturer are asking SCOTUS to reverse a lower appeals court’s decision to block changes made in 2016 and 2021 that made the drug more easily accessible.

Nearly 15% of all claims submitted to private payers for reimbursement are initially denied, including many that were pre-approved to move forward through the prior authorization process, according to a new national survey of hospitals, health systems and post-acute care providers conducted by Premier. An average of 3.2% of all claims denied included those that […]

The lack of corporate oversight and structure found in many large corporations allows Ozarks Healthcare to implement policies and workflows with more agility, says Dr. Priscilla Frase, CMIO at the independent, rural health organization and 2024 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient.  

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