Hospitals want Congress to refine long-term care hospital pay
Hospital associations have laid out their policy wish list for Congress regarding long-term care hospitals (LTCH), calling for refinements to...
Providence trims 2025 operating loss to $132M, notches Q4 gain
Providence made another substantial dent in its annual operating losses as it pared back non-core service, reduced its headcount and...
3 more drugs in the pipeline Optum says payers should watch
A new oral GLP-1 therapy and the first preventive option for COVID-19 are among the pipeline drugs that payers and...
OpenEvidence rolls out AI medical coding feature
OpenEvidence released an artificial intelligence-powered medical coding feature embedded in its clinical AI assistant. The new feature, called Coding Intelligence,...
Cencora acquiring EyeSouth Partners’ retina business for $1.1B
Cencora announced Monday it has a definitive agreement in place to purchase a retina specialist network for $1.1 billion, the...
CMS final rule aims to ax the fax machine, phase out paper mailing
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule that aims to phase out fax machines and paper...
Verily banks $300M to fuel AI road map, separates from Alphabet
Verily raised a $300 million investment round to accelerate its work in artificial intelligence and precision health as it also...
To tackle costs, lawmakers weigh curbs on provider consolidation
Provider consolidation was tip of the tongue Wednesday during a hearing that sat hospital and physician association leaders across from...
Prime Healthcare’s Illinois hospitals may exit BCBSIL’s network
Prime Healthcare recently sought to reassure many of its Illinois patients after they received a notice that its hospitals and...
Amazon’s move to get out ahead in health AI agent race
In January, Amazon launched an agentic health AI assistant for One Medical members and the tech giant is now expanding...
