LAS VEGAS – Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, gave an update of her company’s work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Records Modernization project.
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Seema Verma is ‘excited about progress’ of Oracle’s EHR modernization at VA
LAS VEGAS – Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, gave an update of her company’s work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Electronic Health Records Modernization project.
Curbing Medicaid expansion could cause $80 billion hit to providers
Cutting Medicaid funding and halting the program’s expansion would result in providers revenues decreasing by about $80 billion, and uncompensated care on behalf of uninsured people would increase by $18.9 billion in 2026 due to declines in health insu…
Physicians ‘outraged’ that spending bill fails to avert pay cut
Physicians are again shortchanged in a spending bill proposal to avert a government shutdown by the end of this week.
The continuing resolution that passed the House on Tuesday, and which now moves on to the Senate, contains no provision to stop the 2….
Teladoc partnering with Eli Lilly on self-pay GLP-1 access
Teladoc Health has entered into a pharmacy integration agreement with Eli Lilly’s LillyDirect pharmacy partner, Gifthealth, which is intended to help streamline access to Zepbound medication for members enrolled in the Comprehensive Weight Care Program…
CMS proposes shortening ACA open enrollment window
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in a break from Biden-era policies, is proposing to shorten the open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans in a bid to curb “improper enrollments.”
The proposed regulation would see …
$880 billion in spending cuts not possible without slashing Medicaid
House Republicans’ previously proposed budget looked at $880 billion in spending cuts from programs overseen by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Coalition encourages employers to offer obesity coverage
A number of healthcare organizations have signed an open letter pushing for employers to cover obesity the same way they would for any other chronic condition.
Blue Cross NC reorganizing with parent company
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said recently that it will be modernizing its operational structure through the creation of CuraCor Solutions, a North Carolina-based nonprofit parent holding company whose subsidiaries will include Blue Cro…
Health leaders need AI know-how to avoid cyberattacks
LAS VEGAS – Artificial Intelligence in healthcare comes with a lot of hype, but there’s also a lot of concern – about how it can be used to attack, and how it can be abused.
Etay Maor, chief security strategist at Cato Networks, said at HIMSS25 in Las…
