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Telehealth gets short extension, physician pay is cut in spending bill
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a spending bill that averts a government shutdown, but some healthcare provisions that were in the original bill didn’t make it to final passage.
Acute hospital-care-at-home and telehealth temporary waivers were c…
HIMSSCast: Research as restorative physician medicine
The idea to start a company to make clinical research easier for physicians and more accessible to patients began while Alexander Saint-Amand was still in college. His mother, who was sick, hoped to get into a clinical trial, but there was limited access.
Trends 2025: The demand for interim revenue cycle executives
The search for revenue cycle management leaders is ongoing and can be particularly challenging because of the nature of the executives who take on the job, according to one expert.
“These leaders often have a fix-it mentally,” according to Adam Burns, …
Healthcare expenditures rise on increased coverage and utilization
Healthcare spending is higher than before the pandemic and is being driven by increases in insurance coverage and utilization, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a…
Luigi Mangione indicted on first degree murder charge
A grand jury in New York has indicted Luigi Mangione on charges of first degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism, in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. said Mangione faces a maxi…
Trends 2025: Telehealth’s future faces a Friday deadline
The future of telehealth and acute hospital care at home hangs on a spending bill that must be approved by the end of this week.
Three big provisions in the spending bill need to pass for providers to continue to use flexibilities first made available …
Trends 2025: The future of physician hiring
Heading into 2025, the physician shortage is no better than in past years and in fact, is continuing to worsen, according to Carey Goryl, CEO of the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment (AAPPR).
HIMSSCast: The next big investment in patient experience is the CRM
For hospitals to fully understand the patient experience, integration of the clinical, financial and communications sides of the patient journey is needed, according to Kelly Arduino, Healthcare Industry Leader at Wipfli.
The electronic health record h…
Children’s Mercy Kansas City names Dr. Alejandro Quiroga as president and CEO
Children’s Mercy Kansas City has announced the appointment of Dr. Alejandro Quiroga as president and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2, 2025.
Quiroga comes to Children’s Mercy from Corewell Health in Michigan, where he served as president o…
Senate bill proposes to rein in PBMs by forcing them to sell pharmacy businesses
A proposed bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced in the Senate would prohibit an insurer or a parent company of a pharmacy benefit manager from owning a pharmacy business.
If passed, big insurers such as CVS Health, which owns Aetna; Cigna; and UnitedH…
