The case centered on whether patients who receive funds from a pool of state funding for uncompensated care could be included in calculating hospitals’ disproportionate share funding.
The decline doesn’t mean the sector’s financial challenges have gone away, and case volumes could increase later this year, according to healthcare restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors.
A scathing report from Wake Forest University accuses HCA of driving away doctors from Mission Hospital after the acquisition.
Some industry watchers described the level of price discounts announced by Medicare as a “relief,” though they warned of bigger future implications for drug research.
It’s the latest legal challenge against the mandate finalized this spring, which requires long-term care facilities to provide at least 3.48 hours of care per resident each day.
Shiv Rao, CEO and co-founder of AI notetaking company Abridge, discusses the company’s product geared toward nurses and what’s next for the documentation market.
Despite challenges in Medicaid and MA, major insurers still posted large earnings in the second quarter — many helped by health services divisions.
The product, which uses AI to summarize medical information from conversations between patients and clinicians, is now available across Kaiser’s 40 hospitals and more than 600 medical offices.
The agency said the first round of pricing talks, which involved drugs like the blood thinners Eliquis and Xarelto, will result in $6 billion in savings for taxpayers.
New information is emerging about the joint care delivery platform first teased earlier this spring, which is launching without Elevance’s assets.