CMS overhauls meaningful use EHR program, renames it ‘Promoting Interoperability’
Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and saves hospitals over 2 million hours of work and $ 75 million.
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Famed health economist Uwe Reinhardt dies
Uwe Reinhardt, a Princeton University professor, used a combination of ironic humor, rigorous grasp of health economics, and lucid speaking and writing style to...
CMS gives Mississippi unprecedented 10-year Medicaid waiver
Mississippi has received the first-ever 10-year extension of a Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration waiver, allowing the state to continue providing family planning services for...
Moody’s revises nonprofit and public health outlook to negative as hospitals...
Hospitals have been unable to translate volume growth into stronger revenue due to lower reimbursement rate increases and higher expenses, Moody's says.
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Cigna buys digital health startup Brighter
The acquisition will accelerate its development of mobile and desktop platforms, Cigna says.
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Walmart signals continued interest in healthcare space through remodel of pharmacies
Walmart's multifaceted march into healthcare has included its Care Clinic models and a proposed merger with insurer Humana.
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Dow falls more than 1,100 points Monday in largest drop for...
Stock market at closing bell recovered to an 1,175 point drop.
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Supreme Court gears up to review Medicare DSH formula
HHS and hospitals will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court this week over whether HHS violated the law when it recalculated the Medicare DSH...
Intermountain backs 150 Utah caregivers worried about DACA status
CEO Mark Harrrison said the system will help file the paperwork required for them to continue to legally live and work in the U.S.
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Medical, consumer advocacy groups against Trump executive order
Consumer Watchdog says "junk" health plans could leave patients on the hook for unlimited medical bills.
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