Among a spate of final rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one updating payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in 2025.
When hit, all hospital functions are severely impaired, including clinical care delivery, which can result in patient deaths, says Eric Liederman, CEO of CybersolutionsMD and former national leader of privacy, security and IT infrastructure at Kaiser Permanente.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized the proposed 2.8% payment cut for physicians in its 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule.
Home Health agencies get a 0.5% payment increase in the 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule.
The American Hospital Association has criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, saying the increase for outpatient hospital services doesn’t go far enough.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The vast majority of cybersecurity risks and breaches are from third-party vendors and other organizations, said experts John Riggi and Richard Staynings during the closing keynote of the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum on Friday.
Passwords don’t need to be changed as often as every 90 days, but multifactor authentication is a must, says Jonathan Bauer, CIO Atlantic General Hospital Health System.
Aetna, part of CVS Health, has rolled out SimplePay Health, an alternative health plan that aims to simplify the member experience. The plan, for self-insured clients, is intended to further reduce costs and improve outcomes and features a payment model and resources geared for choosing high-quality providers.
Using AI to extract data is one of the more promising areas of cybersecurity, says Darren Lacey, CISO at Johns Hopkins.
Teladoc Health put in a stronger-than-expected showing in the third quarter, bringing in $640.5 million in revenue, down 3% year-over-year (YOY), according to the company’s earnings results.