A bipartisan group of U.S. representativesintroduceda bill Nov. 28 that would ban fees on electronic healthcare payments that cost hospitals millions of dollars. The No Fees for EFTs Act would outlaw payers from tacking on fees for providers to be reimbursed electronically. The ACA required payers to offer electronic payments to providers, but payers and middlemen charge as much as 5% for the...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule Monday that outlines requirements to combat predatory MA marketing payment practices and improve access to behavioral health care as well as the inclusion of an expert in health equity on health plan utilization management committees to curb prior authorization rates.

The Biden administration Thursday finalized policy changes for Medicare reimbursements in 2024 that will cut payments to physicians by 1.25% compared to 2023. The2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule ruleincludes a 3.34% decrease to the fee schedule's conversion factor, which is used to calculate Medicare payouts to docs. 

Some hospital leaders are optimistic that artificial intelligence could liberate their clinicians from hours of administrative work and return them to the bedside. Even with healthcare wage inflation showing signs of slowing down, a Fitch report found that the sector's high rate of quitting and continued reliance on contract labor could continue to put stress on the labor market. More than half of nurses are...

More patients are accessing their medical records online via patient portals or apps and are doing so more often than in years past, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). From 2020 to 2022, the portion of U.S. adults who reported being offered access to their medical records by a provider or insurer increased 24% to about 3 in 5,...

Artificial Intelligence-supported digital applications (AI applications) are expected to transform radiology. With more than 300 AI applications cleared by the FDA, they have a broad range of use cases in radiology. Despite the promise AI applications hold in radiology, the question about who will pay is critical for ensuring adoption.

Artificial intelligence has demonstrated promise in healthcare by being able to predict patients’ health trajectory based on clinical history, recommend treatments, and increase efficiencies by summarizing physician notes and automating laborious tasks.

As weak hospital margins are projected to continue into 2024 due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the labor market, hospital CFOs told Becker's that they are adopting digital health tools, such as remote patient monitoring.

The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to urge HHS to "immediately" rescind a rule restricting the use of third-party tracking technologies by hospitals and health systems.

In a bid to expand its brand image, Walgreens has utilized its relationship with VillageMD, which is majority-owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, to wade further into the provider space, purchasing medical practice Summit Health for $9 billion in November and entering into a strategic partnership with value-based care Pearl Health earlier this month.