One of the most important components of the No Surprises Act is the Transparency in Coverage rule, the requirements of which have been rolling out throughout the year – requiring health insurers and group health plans, including self-funded clients, to…
The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package expected to pass Congress this week prevents some Medicare cuts and the statutory Pay-As-You-Go sequester, to the relief of the American Hospital Association.
Hospitals were facing cuts of more than 10% to Me…
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a $20,000 settlement with Health Specialists of Central Florida, a provider in Florida that provides primary care, concerning a potential violation of the Hea…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Adstiladrin, which is being billed as the first gene therapy treating high-risk, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Mass General Brigham has reported a loss of $2.3 billion for the year due to challenges faced by all health systems over staffing expenses, inflation, a decline in discharges and other financial pressures.
The loss includes a nonoperating loss of $1.8 …
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is touting itself as the first in the state, and one of the first in the country, to create a financial payment model rewarding health systems and physicians for eliminating racial and ethnic inequities in care.
The number of Black, Hispanic and female applicants and enrollees continued to increase at U.S. medical schools in the 2022-23 academic year, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
This year, the number of medical scho…
For the first time, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to establish a health equity index in the Medicare Advantage and Part D Star Ratings program that would reward excellent care for underserved populations. The proposed rule …
Two virtual reality companies are set to combine. What effect will this have on healthcare? We’ll examine that and other news developments in this week’s Top Stories, including the NIH’s push to inform study participants if they have increased risks fo…
Two U.S. Senators, Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island and John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, have introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to create a two-year extension for a 5% bonus for doctors who participate in alternative payment models.
