Providence announced it is cutting 600 mostly administrative jobs in a restructuring to adapt its operations for a new reality of reduced reimbursement and higher costs.
On February 10, new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act premerger notification rules went into effect that upped the amount of information required by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice before the agencies approved a deal.
The maturity model optimizes scheduling, reduces wait times, lessens administrative burden and looks at patient health indicators, says Sara Meinke and Asad Tariq of Baptist Health.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed eight new members to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices two days after firing all 17 members. Kennedy named the new members in a post on X on Wednesday.
The American Medical Association on Wednesday said it strongly supports the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 that would temporarily reverse the 2.83% payment cut to physicians.
Julie Johnson, a nurse at the University of Chicago, was recruited to translate clinical ideas into data, which is then delivered back in a way that medical staff know how to approach analyzing it.
Cigna is introducing an AI-powered virtual assistant to help members get their questions answered during health insurance interactions.
Twelve teams participated in the competition held by Cooper University Health Care – which has in its inner-city DNA an awareness of SDOH issues such as exposure to violence, access to healthy food and stable housing – to create care in communities, says Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Michael Kirchhoff.
WiTT Group, which stands for “We’re in This Together,” offers an online registry to help cancer patients with the SDOH needs that delay treatment, says founder and cancer patient Rahul Mahadevan.
Healthcare organizations are embracing the promise of generative AI to ease workforce shortages and reduce administrative burdens – but many remain unprepared to implement the technology at scale.