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Jun 28, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
As part of its mandate from Congress, each June the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), reports on improvements to Medicare payment systems and issues affecting the Medicare program, including changes to health care delivery and the market for health care services.
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Jun 28, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
Most states are done unwinding Medicaid and are thinking about how lessons learned during the process can permanently improve enrollment and renewal in the safety-net insurance program, according to new research.
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Jun 28, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting health care news items from around the web.
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Jun 21, 2024, 02:00 AM
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Natalie Rooney
Investing time into setting your business goals and strategies is crucial, but have you built a system that ensures these goals are met?
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Jun 13, 2024, 02:00 AM
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Natalie Rooney
Although generative AI solutions can provide benefits for any business, there are critical risks associated with generative AI that should be vetted and mitigation strategies implemented to minimize potential exposures.
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Jun 10, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) has opened the application process for vendors who will manage the care needs of Medicaid-Medicare dual eligible consumers as the MyCare program expands from 29 counties to the entire state, per provisions of the biennial budget.
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Jun 10, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
The federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule, which went into effect at the beginning of 2021, has limped out of the gate, a new report has found. After three years, only 34.5% of 2,000 U.S. hospitals reviewed were in compliance, a report from Patient Rights Advocate.org (PRA) has found.
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Jun 10, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting health care news items from around the web.
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May 31, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has launched a new cybersecurity program to safeguard the country’s hospitals from cyberattacks.
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May 31, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
Cyberattacks and data breaches in health care are on the rise, and more than one in four ransomware attacks in health care impact patient care, according to a survey from advisory firm Software Advice.
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May 31, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting health care news items from around the web.
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May 16, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
Kaiser Permanente plans to sell up to $3.5 billion of holdings in private-equity funds due to cash constraints, according to Wall Street Journal.
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May 16, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
A large language model could help assess patient acuity in emergency departments, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
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May 16, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting health care news items from around the web.
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May 2, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping anyone from the government program expired.
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May 2, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
Survey research shows that paying for high or unexpected medical bills is among Americans’ most pressing financial worries, and their top priorities include reducing what they must pay out-of-pocket and getting politicians to understand their concerns.
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May 2, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Jessica Barboza
In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting health care news items from around the web.
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Apr 19, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Cecilia Yontz
Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey detailing how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring.
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Apr 19, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Cecilia Yontz
More than three-fourths of all U.S. doctors are now employed by hospitals, health insurers, private equity or other corporate entities, as rampant consolidation continues to shrink the number of independent physicians, according to new data.
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Apr 19, 2024, 00:00 AM
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Cecilia Yontz
In case you missed them, here are some recent interesting health care news items from around the web.
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