FTC moves to strengthen Health Breach Notification Rule’s applicability to digital health apps
Regulators are increasingly leaning on the HBNR to crack down on the sharing of sensitive medical data, and the FTC seeks to strengthen its case.
Suki integrates generative AI assistant in Epic EHR software
Suki incorporates generative AI to “listen” to clinician-patient encounters and auto-generate clinician notes, but says clinicians maintain ultimate control.
House committee centers blame on PBMs for rising healthcare costs
Conversation about pharmacy benefit management consolidation dominated a Wednesday House hearing, with lawmakers pointing to the middlemen as drivers of high health costs.
Rapid AI adoption could cause medical errors, patient harm, WHO warns, urging oversight
The World Health Organization warned that caution is not being exercised with the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, and called for rigorous oversight of the new technology.
VA renegotiates tougher EHR modernization contract with Oracle Cerner
The Department of Veterans Affairs said the new contract includes stronger performance metrics and larger credits to the VA if Oracle Cerner doesn’t meet expectations.
On heels of Amgen lawsuit, FTC broadens investigation of PBMs
The regulator is probing the business practices of two more drug purchasing organizations, deepening an investigation that began last year.
Senate scrutinizes MA payment denials, including use of algorithms
“Insurers are in effect denying Americans necessary care in order to fatten and pad their bottom lines, and that phenomenon is unacceptable,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said at the hearing.
Uninsured rate fell 18% during pandemic, CDC finds
The findings reflect government subsidies aimed at boosting healthcare access during the pandemic, and requirements that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries on their rolls during the public health emergency.
House Republicans target Biden admin over hospital price transparency noncompliance
To improve price transparency, the government could consider extending reporting requirements to more provider sites or making compliance a condition of participating in Medicare, witnesses testified in a Tuesday hearing.
Included Health and DispatchHealth partner on virtual-to-in-home care
Included’s care teams will now be able to coordinate in-home care for patients after a telehealth visit through Dispatch’s network of medical practitioners.