The Latest
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Tufts Medicine lays off workers — again
The struggling health system continues to cut roles as it struggles to chart a path to financial health.
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More than a third of healthcare organizations aren’t prepared for cyberattacks: report
Thirty-seven percent of healthcare organizations did not have a cyberattack contingency plan in place, despite half having experienced an attack, according to a new survey from Software Advice.
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Latest 340B ruling delivers blow to providers
Drugmakers are allowed to impose conditions on which pharmacies they dispense discounted drugs to in the 340B program, according to an appellate court.
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Opinion
Nearly 20% of donated organs go unused — here’s how we can fix it and honor donors
The medical community needs to take “smart risks” to maximize organ donation use, according to the president of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.
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Medicare adviser sets recommendations for diabetes device evidence
The panel found time in range was an “extremely important” metric, but members were divided on whether quality of life measures should influence coverage.
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UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx unveils new drug pricing model
Major pharmacy benefit managers are rolling out a flurry of ostensibly transparent and cost-effective models to retain clients and placate scrutiny over their role in rising drug costs.
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FDA seeks AI tech to predict, detect Parkinson’s symptoms
By testing artificial intelligence and machine learning models, the agency hopes to come up with best practices for Parkinson’s measures from wearables and smartphones.
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Overturning of Roe v. Wade
New online portal allows patients to report potential EMTALA violations
The federal government and states have sparred over whether providers must cover emergency abortion services since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
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Chicago children’s hospital completes cyberattack recovery
Lurie Children’s Hospital has finished reactivating patient-facing systems, nearly four months after the provider first reported a network outage.
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Providence posts $360M net income in first quarter, rebounding from years of losses
The nonprofit operator attributed the gain to increased admissions and improved reimbursement rates from payers.
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Tracker
Tracking healthcare data breaches
Another data breach at a Texas primary care provider may have exposed the information of 400,000 patients — the second breach at the clinic chain in the past year.
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Change Healthcare cyberattack
Providers urge HHS to clarify Change data breach reporting requirements
More than 50 provider groups are asking the federal government to publicly state that UnitedHealth should handle data breach reporting stemming from the cyberattack on its subsidiary.
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Tracker
The state-by-state impact of Ascension’s cyberattack
The nonprofit said Friday it hoped to make progress on recovery during the long weekend, but some of its vendors and partners are beginning to reconnect to its network.
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HHS agency launches program to automate cybersecurity at hospitals
The program will invest more than $50 million to create a software suite that can automatically find potential vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit and deploy fixes.
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Tracking Steward's decline
Steward lays out timeline for asset sales
Steward aims to sell its physician group and most of its hospitals by July, according to court filings. If it can’t find qualified buyers, hospitals may close.
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Senate Finance Committee tackles Medicare physician pay reform
On Friday, the committee released a white paper proposing Medicare adjust doctor reimbursement to account for inflation, a key goal for physician lobbies.
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Epic continued to outstrip EHR competitors in 2023: report
Epic was the only vendor to see a net increase in acute care market share last year, while Oracle Health saw its largest net hospital loss on record, according to Klas Research.
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Cleveland Clinic names new CIO
Sarah Hatchett, who has been serving as interim chief information officer, officially assumed the role on Thursday.
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Kaiser nixes planned $500M Seattle med tower build, looks to sell property
The nonprofit giant has recently opted to focus capital spending in its largest market: California.
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Ascension hit with lawsuits days after ransomware attack
Most data breach lawsuits settle out of court rather than through litigation, an expert told Healthcare Dive.
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Kansas jilts CVS in new Medicaid contract awards
Kansas kicked CVS to the curb in favor of an Elevance plan, while awarding contracts to incumbents UnitedHealth and Centene. The contracts are worth roughly $4 billion annually.
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Providence CEO to retire at end of year
The nonprofit health system is in the process of selecting Rod Hochman’s successor.
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Jefferson Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network sign merger agreement
The deal is expected to close this summer.
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Judge dismisses FTC’s antitrust suit against Welsh Carson
Regulators sued the private equity firm for consolidating Texas anesthesia markets. Now, a judge is holding Welsh Carson blameless while allowing the suit against its portfolio company, U.S. Anesthesia Partners, to continue.
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ONC to provide grants for AI, behavioral health projects
The agency seeks projects that evaluate and improve healthcare data used by AI and accelerate the use of health IT products among mental healthcare providers.