The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has terminated two Centene Medicare Advantage plans, in Part C and D enforcement action taken December 27.
Beckman Coulter uses TriageGo, AI and machine learning to recommend triage acuity, says Sophia Henry, clinical consultant for the company.
This week U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra met virtually with pharmacy leaders, pharmacy benefit managers and insurers to discuss HHS’ commitment to increase equitable access to COVID-19 therapeutics.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has given the green light to New York’s amended Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration, kickstarting a push to invest in behavioral health and health equity. The demonstration “bundles a series of actions to advance health equity and strengthen access to primary and behavioral health care across the state,” according […]
Four U.S. senators led by Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have sent letters to the four largest inhaler manufacturers – AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Teva Pharmaceuticals – informing them of an investigation into inhaler prices, which the senators called “outrageous.”
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $360 million to Humana to settle a lawsuit alleging the retail pharmacy overcharged for prescription drug reimbursements.
GenAI can help solve healthcare challenges, but at some point it becomes hard to explain what it’s doing, says Dr. Rebecca G. Mishuris, CMIO and VP at Mass General Brigham.
UNC Health first made investments on AI in 2016, with the early development work focused on care redesign, algorithms and sepsis, says University of North Carolina Health Chief Analytics Officer Rachini Moosavi.
Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) and Essentia Health have called off their merger talks and will not be moving forward with their proposed integration, the organizations said. The two entities have “engaged in meaningful discussion” over the last two years about how they could combine their strengths, they said, but have decided that a merger […]