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CMS finalizes 5.06% Medicare Advantage benchmark increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an increase of the average benchmark payments to Medicare ...
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Walgreens reports $2.8B loss, cuts costs in Q2 as drugstore chain gears up to go private
The U.S. healthcare segment reported Q2 revenue of $2.2 billion, a decrease of $23 million, reflecting lower fee-for-service ...
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J.D. Power: Health insurers fall short of other industries in the digital consumer experience
Consumers are using their insurers' websites, mobile apps and other digital platforms in greater numbers, but their ...
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Resident physicians largely in favor of unionization, citing low pay, long hours
Participation in collective bargaining units appears to be widely supported by resident physicians, who often cite pay and ...
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CHAI embarks on post-deployment monitoring for AI as FDA oversight lags
In the absence of a federal framework to monitor the impact of artificial intelligence in the clinic, the Coalition for ...
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CMS reviewing controversial New York Medicaid home health program overhaul
Rollout of New York’s state Medicaid program is receiving close scrutiny from advocacy groups—and now, the federal government ...
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Digital health startups raise $3B in Q1 as market faces near-term uncertainty
AI fundraises, tech partnerships and M&A deals, including DispatchHealth and Medically Home's tie-up, and plans for a ...
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Without new financial support, emergency departments, physicians struggle to meet rising demand: RAND
Emergency department use has nearly recovered to prepandemic levels, but rising acuity, insufficient capacity and a laundry list of financial roadblocks are straining their viability and threatenin | ...
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2nd measles death reported in Texas as health experts call for stronger response from HHS
A second school-age child in Texas has died from measles amid a fast-growing, multistate outbreak that now totals more than ...
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Alliance for Connected Care sends virtual care policy requests to Oz's CMS
The Alliance for Connected Care is petitioning the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS') new administrator, Mehmet ...
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5 years later: A look back at the COVID-19 pandemic and how healthcare has changed
It has been five years since the the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.  | Fierce Healthcare talked to a ...
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Medicare Advantage final rule excludes anti-obesity drug coverage under Medicare, Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicare Advantage (MA) rule proposed by the Biden ...