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DrFirst releases Huddle Health app for health record portability
E-prescribing software developer Dr. First has announced a free Huddle Health app that allows patients to receive and share their medical records.
The app allows users to collect and share records from their health history, including past and current m…
New Enhanced Oncology Model will test how to deliver patient-centered care
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has designed a new model aimed at improving cancer care for Medicare patients through enhanced services such as patient navigation, care planning and the collection of electronic patient-reported outcomes.
HHS, Labor and Treasury put insurers on notice about ACA contraception coverage
The heads of the Department of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury Departments have put health plans and issuers on alert over contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Roe v. Wade ruling to have ‘practical’ impact on hospitals, AHA says
The American Hospital Association’s reaction to Friday’s Roe v. Wade decision overturning close to 50 years of abortion rights was brief and lacking the emotion of other statements by health leaders.
Meta Platforms sued for alleged unlawful collection of patient data
Meta Platforms is facing a potential class-action lawsuit for allegedly using its Pixel tracking tool to get patient information from hospital portals for target marketing purposes.
Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision could affect health insurance coverage
Today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Wade has implications for health insurance coverage, according to healthinsurance.org
The 6-3 ruling that unwinds close to 50 years of a woman’s right to an abortion now leaves that decision to individu…
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court has overturned 49 years of a women’s constitutional right to an abortion in siding today with Mississippi Department of Health Officer Thomas E. Dobbs in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
CMS urges Congress to extend American Rescue Plan funds for ACA tax subsidies
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is pushing for Congress to extend Affordable Care Act tax subsidies made possible by American Rescue Plan funds.
The subsidies are scheduled to expire at the end of 2022.
Hospital-based end-stage renal disease facilities get 3.7% increase in proposed rule
Total 2023 payments to all end-stage renal disease facilities would increase 3.1%, compared with 2022, under the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System proposed rule that the Centers for Medicare and Med
Supreme Court rules against DaVita and in favor of health plan
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has sided with a health plan over its coverage for outpatient dialysis services.
Major dialysis service provider DaVita had sued the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan claiming its limited cover…
