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CMS simplifies Medicare enrollment
The CMS on Monday announced it has made it easier for seniors to compare and pick Medicare coverage options. During a briefing on the initiative, Administrator Seema Verma denied the agency wants seniors to choose Medicare Advantage over original…
FHIR is finally catching on, ONC says
More and more health IT developers are putting the FHIR standard in their products. But there’s still work to be done to boost use of FHIR, which allows data to move as discrete elements.
Commentary: New telemedicine models hold promise in population health
The Commonwealth Fund’s Dr. David Blumenthal says we should think bigger about telemedicine and what it can do to address some of our healthcare system’s most pressing challenges.
ACEP names Envision Health exec Jaquis as president-elect
Dr. William Jaquis, who is senior vice president of Envision Health’s east Florida division, will begin serving his one-year term as president of the medical society in October 2019.
Small business groups in Michigan form association health plan under federal rules
The Small Business Association of Michigan and MichBusiness have created TranscendAHP, a federally enabled association health plan, and are working with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network to offer 10 different large group…
University Hospitals has 5% revenue bump in first half of year
University Hospitals’ finances remained strong in the first half of the year despite a high-profile crisis with its fertility clinic last spring that some industry observers believed could have led patients to go elsewhere for their care.
Baylor Scott & White, Memorial Hermann sign letter of intent to merge
The combined not-for-profit entity would have 68 hospitals, two health plans and around $14.2 billion in revenue. Its footprint would include more than 1,100 care delivery sites, about 73,000 employees and nearly 14,000 physicians.
California governor rejects supervised drug injection plan
California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected legislation that would have allowed San Francisco to open what could be the nation’s first supervised drug injection site. He questioned whether the plan would reduce drug addiction.
Calif. governor vetoes dialysis reimbursement cap
Dialysis giants DaVita and Fresenius won a major victory in California as Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have slashed and capped their reimbursement rates.
Hospital network hacks pose biggest tech threat: ECRI Institute
Hackers can sneak into hospital networks via remote-access systems, such as remote desktop protocol servers on Windows computers. From there, they can disrupt patient care.
