News Briefs - HHS Drops Appeal of Court's Ruling in Hospital Web Tracking Case - The Department of Health and Human Services is dropping its appeal of a June U.S. District Court ruling that vacated the government's...more
9/11/2024
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Drug Pricing ,
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Health Care Providers ,
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Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Telehealth ,
Web Tracking
News Briefs - Statistics Show Upward Trend in Healthcare Data Breaches - Healthcare data breach statistics clearly show there has been an upward trend in data breaches over the past 14 years, with 2021 seeing more data...more
9/4/2024
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HRSA ,
Medical Devices ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Surprise Medical Bills
News Briefs - Physicians Responsible for Meeting CMS Information Blocking Rules - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that...more
8/29/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Healthcare ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - CMS Increases Acute Care Inpatient Hospital Payments by $2.9B - HHS has finalized the fiscal year 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule. The rule...more
8/13/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Breach ,
Elder Care ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Urgent Care Facilities
News Briefs - High Court Ruling on Chevron Doctrine Could Impact Health Credit - When the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine on June 28, it ended the mandate that federal courts should defer to federal agencies'...more
7/19/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Investment ,
Labor Shortage ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity
News Briefs - Texas Federal Court Ruling Puts Noncompete Ban on Hold - A Texas federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission's noncompete ban, which if implemented would allow existing...more
7/12/2024
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Medicare ,
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Prescription Drugs ,
Shared Savings Program
News Briefs - Survey Finds Decline in Telehealth Use Across Most Groups in 2022 - The percentage of adults who used telehealth in the past year dropped from 37 percent in 2021 to 30.1 percent in 2022, with declines observed...more
7/1/2024
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Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Ransomware ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - House Subcommittee Considering 15 Bills to Expand Telehealth - A major House subcommittee is considering 15 bills to expand access to telehealth services as the clock ticks on a Dec. 31 deadline on pandemic-era...more
4/22/2024
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Cyber Attacks ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Telehealth Access Challenged as Internet Subsidy Program Ends - More than 23 million low-income households -- urban, suburban, rural, and tribal -- are enrolled in the federal discount program Congress created...more
4/15/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
DEA ,
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Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - More Nonprofit Hospitals Adding Concierge Physician Practices - Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000...more
4/5/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Home Health Care ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Physicians ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - U.S. to Accelerate Medicare Payments in Wake of Cyberattack - The U.S. government said it will accelerate Medicare and Medicaid payments to some hospitals hurt by a hack at insurer UnitedHealth's technology unit...more
3/15/2024
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Hospice ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Pharmacies ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Ransomware
News Briefs - Experts Warn Hospitals Face Increased Risk for Cyberattacks - Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier...more
2/27/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Senators Consider Oversight of AI in Healthcare Industry -Senators mulled how to best oversee artificial intelligence applications in the healthcare industry at a finance committee hearing. Lawmakers...more
News Briefs - Poll Finds Americans Cautiously Optimistic About AI in Healthcare Americans are cautiously optimistic that AI will be able to improve the healthcare they receive, a new Cleveland Clinic survey finds. About three...more
2/12/2024
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Nursing Homes
News Briefs - CMS Sets Prior Authorization Time Limits, Other Requirements - To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a rule that requires health...more
1/26/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity
News Briefs - FDA Gives First Approval of Mass Canadian Drug Imports - The Food and Drug Administration has allowed Florida to import millions of dollars' worth of medications from Canada at far lower prices than in the...more
1/15/2024
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Nurses ,
Nursing Homes ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Major Visa Delays Continue Impacting Hospitals' Nursing Shortages - The U.S. is in the midst of a visa retrogression, when a surge in demand collides with annual caps, jamming up the processing queue. The delays...more
News Briefs - Court Rules Nursing Homes Can't Face Retroactive COVID Suits - A state appeals court has rejected arguments that nursing homes sued for negligence in COVID-related cases early in the pandemic could be forced to...more
News Briefs - Lawmakers Reintroduce Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act - Federal lawmakers are trying again to push through immigration reform that would allow officials to recapture unused visas and reprocess them for...more
News Briefs - 2024 FDA Guidance Likely to Include AI, Cybersecurity - The Food and Drug Administration is ramping up production of medtech guidance, adding 18 draft documents to the list of priorities for its 2024 financial...more
11/1/2023
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
OCR ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Racial Bias
News Briefs - Google Cloud Unveils AI to Help Doctors with Search Capabilities - Google Cloud announced new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities that it said will help healthcare workers quickly pull accurate...more
10/12/2023
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicare ,
Nurses ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
News Briefs - Feds Propose New Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Requirements - The nation's most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed by the Biden administration, the...more
9/13/2023
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Drug Pricing ,
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Healthcare Workers ,
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Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Surprise Medical Bills
News Briefs - Drugmakers Prepare for Legal Battle Over Drug Price Negotiations - Major drugmakers have tailored a legal crusade against the Biden administration's drug price negotiation program that legal scholars say appears...more
8/28/2023
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Nursing Homes ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
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News Briefs - Hospitals Report Major Drug Shortages, Many Rationing Care - As drug shortages near record levels in the United States, a new survey shows how widespread -- and serious -- the effects are. About 99 percent of...more
8/23/2023
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Data Breach ,
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Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Nurses ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity ,
Section 340B
News Briefs - Insurers Ignoring Rulings to Pay Surprise Bills, Doctors Say -Insurers are sometimes ignoring rulings to pay providers, or failing to pay them in full, under the arbitration system established by the new federal...more
8/18/2023
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Data Breach ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Long-Term Care ,
Medical Devices ,
Nursing Homes ,
Price Transparency ,
Surprise Medical Bills