Federal health officials do not inform consumers about severe safety violations in hospitals that specialize in physical rehabilitation. Nor does Medicare impose fines as it does for nursing homes, or provide easy-to-understand five-star ratings as it does for general hospitals, according to an investigation by KFF Health News and The New York Times. Medical rehab…
Aneesh Chopra is the former CTO of the US under Obama. He’s now head of strategy at Arcadia, but this week is one of the driving forces behind the new challenge called “Transforming Cancer Navigation with Open Data & APIs” . I caught up with Aneesh about why the need for this type of data…
Despite increased access to claims management technology, claims denials are still on the rise in 2024. Contributing factors include growing healthcare costs, stricter payer reimbursement policies, and claims processing errors. Providers are seeing an uptick in nonpayment, plus an added burden on administrative staff, disrupted patient care, and hits to the bottom line. Experian Health…
Healthtech companies have to navigate a maze of complex regulations, prove their financial model, and win over multiple stakeholders. Finding the right balance between patient protection and innovation is crucial. The post Barriers and Pathways to Healthtech Adoption in Clinical Practice appeared first on MedCity News.
If President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Senate try to roll back reproductive health rights or pursue a widely prophesied national abortion ban, California Attorney General Rob Bonta is poised to challenge him. Two years ago, Bonta, a Democrat who heads the state justice department, directed his staff to draft legal analyses against a possible…
Steps that healthcare providers can take – internally and with the help of external partners – to boost both their security capabilities and the confidence of their clinicians in those capabilities The post Imaging Practices Can Restore Their Clinicians’ Cybersecurity Confidence With These Four Steps appeared first on MedCity News.
Open Enrollment for 2025 Marketplace coverage starts November 1. Open Enrollment is right around the corner. Make sure you’re ready. Image Did you: Gather basic information (PDF, 163 KB)? You can fill out your application faster if you’re ready with information like birthdates and Social Security Numbers (SSNs).Check to see if you might save on…
For Native American communities in the Great Plains, data paints a clear picture of the devastation caused by an ongoing syphilis outbreak. According to the South Dakota Department of Health, 649 cases of syphilis have been documented this year. Of those, 546 were diagnosed among Native Americans, who make up only 9 percent of the…
Advanced computing infrastructure will initially support foundation model development for pathomics, drug discovery and precision medicine
HELENA, Mont. — In 2023, a group of 16 young Montanans won a much-heralded climate change case that said the state had deprived them of a “clean and healthful environment,” a right enshrined in Montana’s constitution. Their victory in Held v. Montana, later upheld by the state Supreme Court, resounded across the country, showing that…