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FTC reportedly to sue three largest pharmacy benefit managers
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to sue the largest three pharmacy benefit managers over their negotiations over the prices for drugs including insulin, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Outpatient, ambulatory surgical centers get a 2.6% pay increase in proposed rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed updating the outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payment rates by 2.6%, in a proposed rule released on Wednesday.
The payment would affect approximately 3,500 hospitals and approximately…
19 Minnesota hospitals join new clinically integrated network
Nineteen independent rural Minnesota hospitals and more than 50 clinics have joined the Headwaters High-Value Network in its launch as a clinically integrated network.
The collaborative clinical and business initiative has the goal of strengthening hea…
UVM partners with Abridge for AI clinical documentation
The University of Vermont Health Network, which serves over 1 million patients, is partnering with Abridge on AI for clinical documentation.
UVM, an integrated system serving the residents of Vermont and northern New York, selected Abridge following a …
Hackensack hospitals sue HHS over DSH payments
Hackensack Meridian Health is suing Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra over the calculation of Medicare reimbursement used to determine Disproportionate Share Hospital payments.
HIMSSCast: One clinical data set for payers and providers
CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield, in partnership with MRO, has a clinical digital exchange platform that both payers and providers can access.
ERs in limbo after Supreme Court ruling on emergency abortion care
The Supreme Court has ruled that abortions for life saving care in Idaho is legal, at least for now.
This means that hospitals and emergency room physicians don’t have to second guess whether the care they’re providing is criminal, but the SCOTUS decis…
Geisinger reports data of 1.2 million patients may have been exposed
Geisinger’s data breach may have exposed the personal data of 1.2 million patients, according to the Department of Human Services Office for Civil Rights Breach Portal.
HFMA: The top issues facing CFOs
LAS VEGAS – Value-based care and reimbursement challenges, higher costs and especially margin improvement were on the minds of CFOs who spoke about their top concerns during a panel discussion at the HFMA Annual Conference.
Optum drops out of Steward deal
Optum is no longer pursuing a deal to buy the Steward Health Care physician group, according to the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.
Optum has informed the Health Policy Commission that it is no longer working to finalize an agreement with Stewa…
