In policy news this week, Congress is demanding to reveal the origins of COVID-19 after conflicting reports of the virus’s origins arose. Meanwhile, the EPA plans to set strict limits on certain...
In the news this week, continued turmoil for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR project, and the FDA released several changes to its mammography regulations that hope to improve the breast...
In the news this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) took another blow to its EHR modernization (EHRM) project after the man in charge of running the campaign stepped down. Meanwhile, the DEA...
This week, CMS proposed a rule that would update requirements for the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program following the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. And insurance giant Humana...
This week CMS decided to pause all payment determinations from certified independent dispute resolution (IDR) entities following a Texas district court decision. Meanwhile, a bill recently debuted in...
Policy news this week includes updates on the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) project and news about an emerging pro-Russian hacktivist group threatening the US healthcare...
In this week’s policy roundup, the annual CMS accounting report found that healthcare expenditures slowed compared to 2020 but still reached $4.3 trillion in 2021. And a CDC study looking at...
State health officials are publicly considering the benefits of another mask mandate as hospitals and health infrastructure struggle to bear the pressure of rising RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 cases....
A group of 10 state attorneys general wrote a letter to Apple’s Tim Cook asking the CEO to improve health data privacy in its app store in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s undoing. Meanwhile,...
As federal authorities increasingly crack down on instances of fraud and abuse within the telehealth arena, providers need to remain vigilant about their use of the care modality as regulations...
The significant spike in the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic was made possible by numerous legislative waivers that were quickly enacted as in-person care stalled. Two years later, many...
In a new report from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media, three recent healthcare rules are examined and their effects on payers are measured.
The first of the three regulations examined, the No Surprises Act, aims to protect...
Funds from the American Rescue Plan were used in several states to initiate healthcare marketplaces. Kentucky, Maine, and New Mexico joined 14 other states that had already established their...
The Biden-Harris administration continues its focus on expanding healthcare access as CMS and HHS announce three new initiatives that increase access to Medicare, Medicaid, and maternal care across the...
The exponential cost of prescription drugs has long been a debate in the United States. While many solutions have been proposed, few have been successful. From rate negotiations to pricing cap limits, no strategy to cut prescription drug...
Health equity was a key subject in healthcare prior to the coronavirus pandemic, but the events and the toll of 2020 took the conversation around improving health equity to a new level.
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Live video conferencing is the most common telehealth technology employed by provider organizations, so post-pandemic telehealth growth is expected for other telehealth modalities like remote patient...
As payers prepare to comply with specific CMS interoperability deadlines, it is critical that they keep in mind the overarching goals of interoperability, not just the compliance details.
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President Biden exceeded his goal to deliver 100 million COVID-19 vaccines during his first 100 days in office, delivering 100 million vaccines in 58 days. Now, his administration is pushing to further...
For many voters, the 2020 presidential election was less about red and blue and more about white, as in the white coat.
Healthcare was a dominant issue in the race between the incumbent President Donald J. Trump and Democratic runner Vice...
