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Medicare Advantage plan growth decelerates
A new report shows decelerating growth for Medicare Advantage plans.
AHA and Health-ISAC warn hospitals of a potential terrorist attack
The American Hospital Association and the nonprofit Health-ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) are warning of a potential terrorist threat against U.S. hospitals in the coming weeks.
Johns Hopkins to lay off over 200 after federal grant funding cuts
Johns Hopkins is laying off 237 people in Baltimore, according to two Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification notices filed in Maryland on March 13.
The layoffs include 107 staffers at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health…
Optum Rx announces a reduction in drug prior authorization
Optum Rx has announced it will drop prior authorization for an estimated 80 drugs starting May 1.
The program targets reauthorizations of drugs. For instance, once a genetic condition such as cystic fibrosis is confirmed through testing, there is mini…
Proposed Indiana hospital merger gets FTC pushback
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny the application for Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Indiana to merge.
This is the second attempt by Union Health, which includes Union Hospi…
Dr. Oz makes no commitment to not cut Medicaid
In a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing Friday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz would make no commitment to not cut Medicaid.
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, asked the CMS nom…
HIMSSCast: The ‘genetic revolution’ is underway
Much has changed in the last 20 years in understanding how an individual’s DNA predicts common diseases, according to Sir Peter Donnelly, who cofounded in 2014 the company Genomics, of which he is CEO, in Oxford, England.
HIMSS25 Emerge Innovation Experience looks at the payer role in care delivery
LAS VEGAS – As AI is transforming all aspects of healthcare, it’s affecting the care model for payers.
Health insurers have end-to-end visibility into individual care needs and utilization patterns across providers and settings.
Virtual care, technolog…
Seema Verma is ‘excited about progress’ of Oracle’s EHR modernization at VA
LAS VEGAS – Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, gave an update of her company’s work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Records Modernization project.
Seema Verma is ‘excited about progress’ of Oracle’s EHR modernization at VA
LAS VEGAS – Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, gave an update of her company’s work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Records Modernization project.
