Looking beyond fragmentation: How centralization can fix dental provider data
Explore how centralizing dental credentialing and directories reduces fragmentation, risk and costs.
Good health and good data: Recognizing the link
From patient intake to final reimbursement, data quality is indispensable.
Healthcare’s AI inflection point: The organizations that win will be the ones with the strongest data foundations
Healthcare doesn’t have an AI experimentation problem. It has an execution gap — and that gap is widening.
White House seeks 12% cut to HHS in 2027
The Trump administration is requesting about $111 billion in discretionary funding for the HHS, nearly $16 billion less than its budget in 2026.
CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage star ratings overhaul, sending billions of dollars more to insurers
Regulators cut almost a dozen metrics that factor into the quality ratings and reverted back to an older and more generous bonus system. MA plans will get more than $18 billion in additional payments over the next decade as a result.
FTC urges Tennessee to preserve Ballad Health’s COPA
Lawmakers are considering bills that would unwind the state’s oversight over Ballad, a large state-sanctioned hospital monopoly. The FTC argues that’s a bad idea.
AI scribe adoption linked to modest reductions in EHR, documentation time: study
Clinicians’ use of an AI scribe was associated with 13 fewer minutes each day inside electronic health records and 16 fewer minutes on documenting patient care, according to the research published in JAMA.
CHS closes sale of Alabama hospital
Community Health Systems completed the divestiture of Crestwood Medical Center this week as the for-profit operator continues paying down its debt.
Elevance sidesteps Medicare Advantage sanctions for now
The insurer had until the end of March to correct faulty data submissions or be hit with severe sanctions from the CMS. But regulators agreed to give Elevance more time to comply.
Over 130 hospitals sue HHS over DSH payments
Hospitals in 16 states have sued the department, arguing a 2023 final rule underpays hospitals that treat a disproportionate number of low-income patients.