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Health equity requires community
Community care managers make connections, says Dr. Cheryl Rucker-Whitaker, founder and CEO of Complete Care Management Partners.
Intermountain CEO and President Marc Harrison is stepping down this fall
Intermountain Healthcare has announced that this fall Dr. Marc Harrison will leave his post as the company’s president and CEO, a position he has held since 2016.
Harrison has accepted a leadership position to run a healthcare platform business for Ame…
BCBS $2.7 billion settlement receives final approval
A long-running $2.7 billion antitrust settlement against Blue Cross Blue Shield has been finalized in federal court.
U.S. District Court Judge R. David Proctor in Alabama handed up the order on Tuesday, with the settlement to go into effect in 30 days.
Brigham and Women’s is evaluating patients at risk from taking multiple medications
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has paired with Israeli startup FeelBetter on a retrospective study of patients at risk due to taking multiple medications.
The simultaneous use of multiple medications to treat diseases and other health condition…
What the Inflation Reduction Act means for healthcare
In a 51 to 50 vote with Vice President Kamala Harris as the tie-breaker, the Senate on Saturday passed the Inflation Reduction Act that includes much of the sought-after Democratic priorities on drug negotiations and continued Affordable Care Act subsi…
Biden signs executive order on emergency abortion access
The day after the federal government filed a lawsuit against Idaho for its absolute ban on abortion that would make it a criminal offense for physicians to perform emergency care, President Joe Biden issued an executive order protecting access.
Inpatient payment increase not enough, AHA says
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ increase in the inpatient payment rate for 2023 is welcome but not enough to offset expenses, according to the American Hospital Association.
Antitrust trial to bar UnitedHealth Group and Change merger begins
The bench trial in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group and its efforts to acquire Change Healthcare began Monday in federal court and is expected to last 12 days.
The court battle pits the antitrust stance of the DOJ and the …
Hospitals get 4.3% increase in inpatient payment rates in CMS final rule
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule released late today increases hospital operating payment rates by 4.3%.
Skilled nursing facility final payment rates updated to reflect impact of COVID-19
Skilled nursing facilities are getting a 2.7% payment rate increase for 2023, and a recalibration of a 4.6% pay decrease proposed in April.
Skilled nursing facilities are getting a market basket increase of 3.9%, the agency’s highest market basket upda…
