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DOJ unveils task force on healthcare monopolies
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the formation of the Antitrust Division’s Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion (HCMC), which will guide the division’s enforcement strategy and policy approach in healthcare.
This will include …
Ovatient deploying virtual care at partner health system
Digital health startup Ovatient, which was formed in 2022 through a partnership between Cleveland-based MetroHealth System and South Carolina-based MUSC Health, has launched a new virtual care platform aimed at MetroHealth patients.
CMS proposes mandatory organ transplant model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a new mandatory model geared at improving access for kidney transplant patients, with the goal of helping hospitals increase the quality of the transplants they perform.
The Increasing Organ T…
Florida sues to block HHS rule on sex-based discrimination in healthcare
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, along with the Catholic Medical Association, is suing the Department of Health and Human Services over a new rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act meant to protect against discrimination against LGBTQ…
Joint Commission to accredit rural health clinics
Rural health clinics seeking Medicare reimbursement can now do so via a new accreditation program from the Joint Commission.
The Joint Commission was granted the authority by CMS this week.
Outpatient settings need to be safer, study finds
Patient safety events, which are adverse events that could have been prevented, are altogether common in outpatient settings and speak to the need for improving safety in these settings, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Outp…
Hawaii tops list of 10 best states for healthcare
Hawaii ranks number one overall among all U.S. states when it comes to healthcare, according to new rankings by U.S. News and World Report.
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund extended 5 years to 2036
It’s now projected that the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be able to pay 100% of total scheduled benefits until 2036, five years later than reported last year, finds an annual Medicare Trustee report.
At that point, the fund’s reserves will become…
Nurses see little improvement in 2024, survey finds
At 80%, a significant majority of nurses think 2024 will be either no better or worse for them than 2023, according to a new survey by AMN Healthcare.
Forty-two percent said 2024 will be the same for nurses as 2023 and 38% said it will be worse, while…
States show significant variation in Medicaid redeterminations
There’s significant variation among states when it comes to the ongoing Medicaid disenrollment process. A new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analysis has found that while enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) decline…
