AHA: Nonprofit Hospitals Delivered 10 Times Their Federal Tax Exemption
EY report shows a $9 increase in benefits from the prior year
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Your Guide to the Best Places to Buy Used Lab Equipment
[Sponsored] Getting used lab equipment is a safe way to help fulfill a health care facility’s procedures without exhausting financial resources. The post Your Guide to the Best Places to Buy Used Lab Equipment appeared first on MedCity News.
Trump Froze Out Project 2025 in His Campaign. Now Its Blueprint Is His Health Care Playbook.
Few voters likely expected President Donald Trump in the first weeks of his administration to slash billions of dollars from the nation’s premier federal cancer research agency. But funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health were presaged in Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership,” a conservative plan for governing that Trump said he knew nothing…
The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It
Closing cancer health equity gaps requires medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches. The post The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It appeared first on MedCity News.
Health Plan Evaluations by NCQA Show Increase in 5-Star Ratings
NCQA announces that three commercial and two Medicare health plans were among the highest-rated plans
Penguin Ai Snags $30M to Simplify Prior Auth, Coding and Claims
Penguin Ai raised $29.7 million for its AI platform aimed at automating costly administrative tasks like prior authorization and medical coding. CEO Fawad Butt said the startup’s goal is to move beyond point solutions and create an “Epic of the healthcare back office.” The post Penguin Ai Snags $30M to Simplify Prior Auth, Coding and…
A Runner Was Hit by a Car, Then by a Surprise Ambulance Bill
Jagdish Whitten was on a run in July 2023 when a car hit him as he crossed a busy San Francisco street. Whitten, then 25, described doing “a little flip” over the vehicle and landing in the street before getting himself to the curb. Concerned onlookers called an ambulance. But Whitten instead had friends pick…
A Look at the Potential Impact of the High Unemployment Hardship Exception to Medicaid Work Requirements
This issue brief describes the hardship exception for individuals living in counties with high unemployment, and using the most recent available county-level unemployment data, estimates the number of counties that could meet the criteria for this exception and the number of expansion enrollees living in those counties who could be exempt from work requirements.
Trump elimina la oficina que establece los niveles de pobreza vinculados a servicios para 80 millones de personas
Los despidos del presidente Donald Trump en el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) incluyeron a toda la oficina que establece las pautas federales de pobreza. Estas pautas determinan si decenas de millones de estadounidenses son elegibles para programas de salud como Medicaid, asistencia alimentaria, cuidado infantil y otros servicios, según dijo un ex…
White House Revokes Freeze on Federal Grants
The Trump administration withdrew the order a day after a federal judge temporarily blocked it