Finance
Infographic: 5 Financial Impacts of the Change Healthcare Attack
Jay Asser | March 18, 2024
Hospitals? bottom lines are under duress as a result of the crippling cyberattack.
Payer
UnitedHealth says advanced over $2B in payments to providers
Reuters | March 18, 2024
UnitedHealth Group said Monday it has advanced payments of more than $2 billion so far to provide assistance to healthcare...
Payer
‘Cruel’ Medicaid program targets dead peoples’ homes to recoup health care costs
New York Post / Associated Press | March 18, 2024
A person's home is typically exempt from qualifying for Medicaid.
Clinical Care
COVID and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom
KFF Health News | March 18, 2024
Total Medicare payments for the four most common billing codes for remote monitoring rose from $5.5 million in 2019 to...
Payer
Weight loss drug Wegovy is now approved for heart health — but that won’t mean broad insurance coverage just yet
CNBC News | March 18, 2024
The blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy is now approved in the U.S. for heart health.
Payer
Mass. Medicaid targets dead people's homes to recoup their costs
NBC Boston | March 18, 2024
A person's home is typically exempt from qualifying for Medicaid. But it is subject to the estate recovery process for...
Payer
Medicaid And Cybersecurity: What Payers Need To Know About Biden's Budget
Marie DeFreitas | March 18, 2024
President Biden has pushed out his budget for 2025, focusing on healthcare and cybersecurity.
Technology
Will the Change Healthcare Outage Prod Execs to Make Technology Improvements?
Eric Wicklund | March 18, 2024
As the industry assesses the financial damage of the cyberattack, healthcare execs will also be looking at how their technology...
Nursing
Healthcare workers want more protections after visiting nurse's death
NBC Connecticut | March 18, 2024
Healthcare workers say they?ve been facing more and more threats and violence since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Innovation
As AI marches into medicine, investors eye security, privacy startups
STAT News | March 18, 2024
Investors are starting to back startups that offer privacy and security services to bolster health AI products already on the...
Technology
Four big questions for DC following massive health care hack
POLITICO | March 18, 2024
The cyberattack that forced offline insurance clearinghouse Change Healthcare raises bigger questions about the digital security of the U.S. health...
Clinical Care
New dean of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University plans to double down on diversity to improve health outcomes
WHYY | March 18, 2024
Dr. Said Ibrahim, appointed dean of Sidney Kimmel Medical College in December, says a more diverse medical school is key...
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