The Department of Health and Human Services’ mass dismissals of workers who release government records “raise grave transparency, accountability, and privacy concerns,” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said Thursday. In a May 8 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided exclusively to KFF Health News, Wyden, the top Democrat on the powerful Senate Finance…
Medical billing errors are common problems that can lead to significant financial losses for healthcare organizations. While most medical billing errors are preventable, outdated systems, complex processes and human errors often result in delayed or denied claims. Faced with ever-increasing overhead costs, workforce challenges and growing volumes of data, healthcare leaders will need to implement…
It seems like the answer is now ‘yes’. EndPoints reports: Stealth BioTherapeutics said the FDA would not meet its Tuesday deadline for approving or rejecting the company’s drug, elamipretide. It had been seeking regulatory clearance of elamipretide for a rare disease called Barth syndrome, which affects only about 150 people in the US and causes…
Los recortes de gastos, la inmigración y Medicaid están bien arriba en la lista de prioridades en la agenda de Washington. Este clima politico ofrece un terreno fértil para que la desinformación y los mitos se multipliquen en las redes sociales. Algunos de los más comunes se enfocan en los inmigrantes, los latinos y Medicaid….
Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether. Hurricane Helene, which hit North Carolina in September, wrecked a Baxter International facility that produces 60% of the IV fluids used…
As President Trump begins his second term, the public’s trust in health information from key health agencies has fallen over the past 18 months, continuing a decline that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds the new KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust. Just over half (53%) of the public now says they trust…More
In this episode, we’re joined by Julia Lasater, management consulting senior analyst at Accenture, and Amani Bright, senior program manager at Springboard Enterprises. They discuss the key takeaways of their recent women’s health report. The post MedCity FemFwd: Inside Springboard Enterprises and Accenture’s New Women’s Health Report appeared first on MedCity News.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, retirements, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry. The post Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs appeared first on MedCity News.
The goal of the Two-Midnight Rule, originally introduced under traditional Medicare Part A, was to reduce hospital admissions and to ensure the appropriate use of inpatient versus outpatient observation status. Here are some challenges and best practices. The post Navigating Medicare Advantage Compliance One Year After the Two-Midnight Rule appeared first on MedCity News.
In the past, arbitrary maintenance schedules and planned downtime were necessary expenses. Now we have the tools to think and work differently The post Maximizing Equipment Uptime with Predictive Maintenance Technologies appeared first on MedCity News.