Hospitals
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Deep Dive // HIMSS24
‘As fast as possible but no faster than is safe’: Hospitals, tech companies confront AI governance
Regulators seeking to erect guardrails around AI are facing a Sisyphean task, experts said at HIMSS. How do you oversee something that is constantly changing?
By Rebecca Pifer • March 18, 2024 -
CMS releases Medicaid payment flexibilities during Change cyberattack
The relief comes as 94% of hospitals reported financial impact from the outage, according to a survey from the American Hospital Association.
By Emily Olsen • March 18, 2024 -
Trendline
Surprise Billing
Federal legislation banning surprise bills has hit a barrage of roadblocks, complicating efforts to protect consumers from unexpected out-of-network charges.
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Q&A // HIMSS24
Microsoft’s health VP takes on responsible AI
David Rhew talks about Microsoft's new AI governance network and federal regulators’ plan to more actively oversee the technology.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 18, 2024 -
Novant Health names new CFO
The appointment will help fill out the North Carolina-based health system’s leadership team after its CFO and COO left last year.
By Emily Olsen • March 15, 2024 -
Inexperienced clinicians pose the largest patient safety risk in 2024: report
Challenges with health technology adoption and reductions in maternal services could also threaten patient safety this year, according to an ECRI study.
By Susanna Vogel • March 15, 2024 -
Q&A // HIMSS24
Salesforce’s pitch on healthcare AI
The cloud-based software company announced a number of new AI tools in the lead up to the HIMSS conference. Healthcare is a “huge priority,” said Sean Kennedy, Salesforce’s global health strategy lead.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 15, 2024 -
Mass General Brigham lays out multi-year plan to integrate flagship hospitals
MGB will consolidate similar clinical departments at Mass General and Brigham and Women's.
By Susanna Vogel • March 14, 2024 -
HIMSS24
Microsoft forms health AI governance network
The tech giant is standing up the group with 16 health systems, two healthcare technology companies and zero AI development rivals.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 12, 2024 -
HIMSS24
Oracle to launch generative AI-backed clinical assistant within next quarter, exec says
The tool, which automatically transcribes patient visits and suggests next steps for providers, is entering a cluttered market.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 12, 2024 -
For-profit hospital operators bet on outpatient services, expense reductions in 2023
While HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare and Universal Health Services posted net gains by the end of the year, Community Health Systems reported losses.
By Susanna Vogel • March 12, 2024 -
Small, financially struggling providers at risk from Change cyberattack: Moody’s
Larger providers, however, aren’t immune from cash flow challenges, especially if UnitedHealth Group is unable to restore systems by mid-March.
By Emily Olsen • March 11, 2024 -
Providence improves in 2023, but still posts $600M net loss
The nonprofit cut losses compared to 2022 as it implemented a financial recovery strategy, but expenses continued to plague the system.
By Susanna Vogel • March 8, 2024 -
Change makes progress on pharmacy restoration after cyberattack
All major pharmacy and payment systems are online, and more than 99% of pre-outage claim volume is flowing, Change said.
By Emily Olsen • Updated March 15, 2024 -
Community Health Systems to buy drugs from Mark Cuban Cost Plus
CHS is the first national health system to partner with the billionaire’s drug distribution company. Epinephrine and norepinephrine are the first two drugs included in the purchasing deal.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 8, 2024 -
Federal government probes healthcare private equity deals
The cross-agency investigation comes as scrutiny rises regarding corporate consolidation in healthcare.
By Susanna Vogel • March 6, 2024 -
UMass Memorial, Google Cloud partner to connect patients with cardiometabolic drugs
The central Massachusetts nonprofit aims to improve population health, but its partnership with Google on data management and AI could also lower costs.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 6, 2024 -
CMS rolls out provider flexibilities amid fallout from Change cyberattack
Provider groups argued the government should go further to financially bolster providers during the outage at Change Healthcare.
By Emily Olsen • March 5, 2024 -
Kaiser lays off IT workers for a second time in 4 months
The Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit health system continues to downsize its tech department in a bid to increase efficiencies and cut costs.
By Susanna Vogel • March 5, 2024 -
Provider groups urge HHS, Congress to mitigate damage from Change cyberattack
The American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association pushed the federal government to offer more financial support as the Change outage limits providers’ ability to receive payment.
By Emily Olsen • March 5, 2024 -
Geisinger Health taps new CEO
Terry Gilliland is replacing Jaewon Ryu. Ryu will lead Risant Health, the nonprofit formed last year when Kaiser announced plans to acquire Geisinger.
By Susanna Vogel • March 5, 2024 -
UnitedHealth stands up provider financial assistance after Change cyberattack
Providers said the assistance isn’t enough to overcome the financial strain caused by the systems outage at Change Healthcare, which has lasted for about two weeks.
By Emily Olsen • March 4, 2024 -
Hospital price transparency compliance dips: report
Lenient regulatory enforcement has led hospitals to disregard price transparency requirements, according to watchdog group Patient Rights Advocate.
By Susanna Vogel • March 4, 2024 -
Change Healthcare cyberattack having ‘far-reaching’ effects on providers
Providers said the outage at the UnitedHealth-owned technology company has affected billing, eligibility checks, prior authorization requests and prescription fulfillment.
By Emily Olsen , Susanna Vogel • March 1, 2024 -
Cleveland Clinic posts $911M net income in 2023 on investment, volume growth
The health system is the latest to report a financial turnaround compared to 2022, which analysts called the worst operational year on record for nonprofit hospitals.
By Susanna Vogel • March 1, 2024 -
Mayo Clinic boosted operating income by 82% in 2023
Investment returns and outpatient services revenue drove results.
By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 29, 2024