Last-minute IPPS update unwinds low wage index hospital policy
To comply with a summer court order, the Biden administration made a last-minute change to its inpatient rates that will...
Dems introduce bill boosting rural, safety-net hospital obstetrics pay
The chair of the Senate Finance Committee and several of his Democratic colleagues have introduced a bill that would increase...
Medicare Advantage, Part D premiums are stable for 2025
Medicare’s open enrollment window opens in a few weeks, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering a...
Accelerating solutions to cancer through impact investing
Certain cancer rates are on the rise, and outcome inequities remain a major public health concern. Getting into clinical trials...
Cardinal Health acquiring Integrated Oncology Network for $1.1B
Healthcare supply and services company Cardinal Health has a deal in place to acquire Integrated Oncology Network, a collection of...
Medicaid enrollment is higher than pre-pandemic levels
The Medicaid unwinding is coming to a close, and a new analysis from KFF finds that while many people have...
Hippocratic AI banks $17M from Nvidia’s VC arm, other investors
Three months ago, startup Hippocratic AI released its first commercial product, a generative AI-based, task-specific healthcare agent. It also unveiled...
Walgreens eyes ‘tremendous growth’ for clinical trials biz
Walgreens sees a long runway for its two-year-old clinical trials business as it doubles down on its core retail pharmacy...
Industry Voices—Modern caregiving will take a village
Next year, the oldest members of the baby boomer generation will turn 80 years old. It’s a cause for celebration...
Lifepoint, Cadence tout success of RPM for rural patients
Remote physiologic monitoring company Cadence released data showing that rural patients at Lifepoint Health clinics who took part in Cadence’s...
