The first major update to HIPAA in more than a decade will eliminate the distinction between “required” and “addressable” safeguards, making key cybersecurity and physical security measures mandatory for all healthcare providers. This shift will expose gaps in hospitals’ fragmented security systems, though, according to Kumar Sokka, CEO of cybersecurity platform Acre Security. The post…
Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in April. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in April appeared first on MedCity News.
KalVista Pharmaceuticals brings to Chiesi Group the product Ekterly, the first FDA-approved oral drug for acute treatment of swelling attacks from the rare disease hereditary angioedema. Ekterly’s tablet formulation offers a dosing edge compared to injectable HAE medications. The post Chiesi Group Grows Again in Rare Disease With $1.9B KalVista Acquisition appeared first on MedCity…
This analysis compares the characteristics of nursing homes in rural areas with those in urban areas. This brief uses data from Nursing Home Compare, a publicly available dataset that provides a snapshot of information on quality of care in each nursing home.
Layoffs tied to AI adoption will not be uniform; they will vary by sector, job function, and regulatory exposure. Nowhere is this more complex than in healthcare, where legal constraints, patient safety obligations, and labor dynamics intersect with rapid technological change. The post AI-Driven Layoffs In Healthcare: Navigating Legal Risks and Operational Challenges appeared first…
The tech-enabled, community-based primary care provider’s CEO, Erik Cárdenas, discusses $15 million Series A funding
Financial assistance is moving from discretionary policy to regulated infrastructure. For health systems, that shift has significant operational and financial implications. The post Financial Assistance Reform Is Reshaping Revenue Cycle Strategy appeared first on MedCity News.
In today’s cash- and staffing-strapped, high-stakes healthcare environment, COEs are an operational necessity. The most successful organizations treat them as long-term strategic investments, or engines for scalable, sustainable transformation. The post Beyond Support Teams: The Strategic Role of Centers of Excellence in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
This KFF poll finds that health care costs continue to top the public’s list of affordability worries, even as concerns about gas prices have risen in recent weeks, with two-thirds of the public expressing worry over affording health care costs.
Health care costs continue to top the public’s list of economic anxieties, even as fuel prices and economic uncertainty rose following the start of the Iran war, a new KFF Health Tracking poll finds. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of U.S. adults are worried about being able to afford health care costs, including three in ten who…