The American Hospital Association is saying that the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model could thwart the Biden administration’s goal of expanding access by causing undue disruption and uncertainty into the transplant process. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed the six-year model in May, with IOTA currently on pace to begin January 1, […]

As the president prepares to leave the race and end his bid for reelection, the Biden administration announced last week that it’s canceling an additional $1.2 billion in student debt for more than 35,000 public service workers, including those in the healthcare industry.

Commercial healthcare spending growth is estimated to grow to its highest level in 13 years, with PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) predicting in a new report an 8% year-on-year medical cost trend in 2025 for the group market and 7.5% for the individual market. This near-record trend is driven by inflationary pressure, prescription drug spending […]

A Hyland/HIMSS Market Insights survey found that providers are still struggling when it comes to sharing data and information with other providers, according to Hyland principal product manager Lyle McMillin.

In a bid to streamline licensure, this week the U.S.

AI platform helps do the backend work of the pharmacy as these technician roles become harder to fill, says Joy Liu, founder and CEO of Plenful.

AI can mine data to identify patterns in a patient’s history, access medical records to automate claims and lead to a self-service model, say Oron Afek, CEO of Vim and Ashok Chennuru, global chief data and insights officer, Elevance Health.  

The Pay PCPs Act, an attempt to improve pay and support for primary care providers, has drawn criticism from the American Hospital Association, which penned a letter to Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Bill Cassidy this week saying the bill could lead to payment cuts.

A group of almost 90 congressional Democrats have co-signed a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, asking the agency to shore up Affordable Care Act access for those receiving Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Elevance Health’s profits in the second quarter were 24% higher than in Q2 2023, as the health insurer logged $2.3 billion in profit and $43.9 billion in revenue – the latter an improvement, but just 1% higher than the second quarter of last year.