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Luigi Mangione indicted on charge of murder
Luigi Mangione has been indicted on a count of murder through the use of a firearm in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The charge makes him eligible for the death penalty.
Tariffs will impact supply chain and balance sheet stability
The volatility of President Trump’s tariff policies is making it difficult for hospital executives to pin down the effect they will have on the supply chain and budget.
CFOs are also weighing the effect tariffs will have on the economy and inflation, a…
Trump’s executive order on drugs seeks to end pharma ‘pill penalty’
President Trump has signed an executive order on prescription drug prices that walks back the “pill penalty” decried by PhRMA in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
Inpatient rehabs receive proposed 2.6% payment increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in 2026.
The 2.6% is based on a market basket update of 3.4%, less a proposed 0.8 percentage point productivity adjustment,…
Optum levying strict measures on Change outage loan repayment, AMA says
The American Medical Association is urging Optum to stop its approach for recouping Change Healthcare cyberattack-related loans and to suspend all claim filing deadlines associated with the resulting outage.
CMS seeks public input on inpatient hospital whole-person care
In addition to setting payment rates for inpatient and long-term care, Friday’s proposed rule would update quality measures, promote interoperability programs and reduce private expenditures to comply with federal regulations.
Hospitals get a 2.4% payment increase in proposed rule
Hospitals are getting a 2.4% payment increase in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.
HIMSSCast: ‘How do we grow again?’
Upfront by Health Catalyst recently collaborated with Hartford Healthcare in Connecticut to integrate a tech-enabled patient engagement program for the seven hospital system.
Many payers, providers unprepared for interoperability and prior authorization rule, WEDI finds
More than half of providers and 43% of payers have yet to start work on the application programming interface requirements of the interoperability and prior authorization final rule, according to a survey by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.
Nursing home staffing mandate struck down in Texas court ruling
A federal judge in Texas has blocked a nursing home staffing rule mandated by the Biden administration last year.
