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Inpatient rehabilitation facilities get a payment rate increase of 2.8% for 2025 in a proposed rule released late Wednesday. The amount is  based on a proposed market basket update of 3.2%, less a proposed 0.4% point productivity adjustment.

The Department of Health and Human Services, joined by other departments, are cracking down on what they call junk insurance plans, in a final rule released today.

Kaiser Permanente and Town Hall Ventures are launching an organization called Habitat Health, which is designed to help older adults overcome the challenges of aging at home. Operating as a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, Habitat Health is designed to help participants live independently in their homes, with comprehensive care the companies say […]

About 80% of all nonprofit hospitals’ charity care falls behind tax breaks, according to a new Lown Institute report – and some are short by hundreds of millions of dollars. Of the 2,425 nonprofit hospitals that were evaluated, 80% spent less on financial assistance and community investment than the estimated value of their tax breaks, […]

The book “Diagnosed: An Insider’s Guide for Your Healthcare Journey,” came out of gaps in their own care experiences, says Cris Ross, CIO of Mayo Clinic, and Edward Marx, CEO of Marx Advisory.  

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.

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