California Governor Gavin Newsom, with the support of the California Legislature, signed a bill this week creating a new $150 million Distressed Hospital Loan Program to provide zero-interest cash flow loans to nonprofit or public hospitals experiencin…
The full House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is scheduled to take up the role of pharmacy benefit managers on Tuesday, May 23 at 10 a.m., after a subcommittee advanced a proposal Wednesday for new transparency rules.
Electronic health records are the dominant form of communication among healthcare teams, but while a JAMA Network Open study found that they do facilitate straightforward, task-related communication, they limit “rich and social” communication.
In other…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has settled with MedEvolve for $350,000 over potential HIPAA violations regarding a data breach in which a server containing protected health information was left unsecure and ac…
President Biden has announced the nomination of National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its $47 billion annual budget.
Bertagnolli is a world-renowned surgical oncologist, cancer res…
Five defendants out of dozens have pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in the Southern District of Florida, for their alleged participation in a scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses, according to the …
Envision Healthcare has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, entering into a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) supported by about 60% of the company’s approximately $7.7 billion in debt obligations.
The terms of the RSA establish the framewo…
CVS Health is ending the clinical trial business it started two years ago.
The anti-dementia medication lecanemab, and its ancillary costs, could add $2 to $5 billion in annual Medicare spending if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revises its coverage decision, according to a research letter in JAMA Internal Med…
Million dollar claims per million covered employees rose 15% in the past year and 45% over the past four years, according to a new report from Sun Life. And one-fifth of employers had at least one member with more than $1 million in claims from 2018 th…
