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HHS releases new guidance on informed consent
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have released new guidance to reiterate, and provide clarity, regarding hospital requirements for informed consent from patients as it relates to medical pro…
Pelago secures $58M to expand virtual SUD clinic
Pelago, a digital clinical partner to U.S. businesses and health plans for substance use management, announced $58 million in new funding that now brings total funding to $151 million, which will be used to expand offerings for payers and employers.
Th…
Tenet Healthcare completes sale of six California hospitals
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corporation has completed the sale of six hospitals in California, the organization said this week.
ONC releases Health IT Strategic Plan
A new draft 2024–2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan has been released by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), which outlines federal health IT goals that …
Inpatient psychiatric facilities get proposed 2.7% increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates for the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) for fiscal year 2025, with CMS proposing to update the…
Of $236B in ‘improper payments,’ $100B was from Medicare, Medicaid
The federal government reported an estimated $236 billion in “improper payments” during fiscal year 2023, and of that amount, more than $100 billion came from Medicare and Medicaid, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Such payments …
Kaiser Permanente, Town Hall Ventures launch Habitat Health
Kaiser Permanente and Town Hall Ventures are launching an organization called Habitat Health, which is designed to help older adults overcome the challenges of aging at home.
Operating as a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, Habitat Health …
Nonprofit hospitals’ charity care falling behind tax breaks, report shows
About 80% of all nonprofit hospitals’ charity care falls behind tax breaks, according to a new Lown Institute report – and some are short by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Of the 2,425 nonprofit hospitals that were evaluated, 80% spent less on financ…
Usefulness of AI in healthcare ‘mixed,’ says CBO
Answering a series of questions from lawmakers, the Congressional Budget Office addressed artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, determining that the evidence on the usefulness of the technology is mixed, particularly when it comes…
CMS says inflation rebates for prescription drugs resulted in savings
Upwards of 41 drugs available through Medicare Part B will have a lowered Part B coinsurance rate from April 1 to June 30 if the drug company raises prices faster than the rate of inflation, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
