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CMS proposed rule would expand healthcare coverage to DACA recipients
President Biden is proposing to expand Affordable Care Act and Medicaid health coverage for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
Intermountain improved the patient experience through digital access
Mona Baset, Intermountain’s vice president of Digital Services, will share insights on the health system’s digital strategy in “Powering a Data-Driven Transformation in Digital Patient Access” on Tuesday, April 18, at HIMSS23 in Chicago.
Q&A: CMS’ extension of Acute Hospital Care at Home indicates potential permanent program
Healthcare Finance News: What acute care health waivers issued by CMS during the public health emergency will continue after the PHE expires on May 11?
Providers granted 90 days following end of PHE to comply with HIPAA telehealth rules
The Office of Civil Rights is providing a 90-day transition period for healthcare providers to come into compliance with the HIPAA Rules regarding telehealth, according to the Department of Health and Human Services OCR.
The transition period will be…
Data Humanity Lab uncovers socioeconomic data to accelerate health equity
From the COVID-19 pandemic, health equity has emerged as an issue that needs to be addressed alongside clinical care.
Accelerating health equity is the Data Humanity Lab, a research project that has mapped socio-economic data down to zip codes and indi…
AHA calls 2.8% inpatient payment increase ‘woefully inadequate’
Acute care hospitals that successfully participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program and are meaningful electronic health record users will get a proposed payment rate increase of 2.8% in 2024, under a proposed rule released Monday.
T…
MGMA: What stays, what ends on May 11
MGMA, the Medical Group Management Association, held a meeting Monday to explain to physicians and others what public health emergency waivers stay and which ones go at the end of the PHE.
Both the public health emergency and the national emergency, w…
DOJ to appeal Texas court ruling on mifepristone
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said Friday that the Department of Justice would appeal the Texas court decision banning the use of mifepristone nationwide.
Garland said by statement, “The Justice Department strongly disagrees with the decision of …
HIMSSCast: Recent breakthroughs in ICU dementia risk are leading the way to solving clinical alarm fatigue
Ophir Ronen, CEO of CalmWave is looking to solve the problem of alarm fatigue in the ICU, by building predictive models.
An estimated 771 alarms per bed, per day were measured at peak at John Hopkins and other locations, according to Ronen. This is un…
Oak Street Health and Interwell launch OakWell to provide primary care in dialysis centers
Oak Street Health, a network of value-based primary care centers based in Medicare, and kidney management company Interwell Health have announced the launch of OakWell, a joint venture to offer primary care to end-stage kidney disease patients directly…
