Susan Morse
The number of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States continues to rise.
The settlement concludes two OCR investigations initiated from a large breach report and a media article regarding a separate security incident.
Automation, and now AI, can handle the easy tasks such as administrative form filling.
The total costs of additional staffing to meet a minimum staffing requirement would range from $1.5 to $6.8 billion, says CMS study.
AHEAD model includes financial incentives for hospitals and primary care practices.
Negotiations with participating drug companies will occur in 2023 and 2024, and prices will become effective beginning in 2026.
The best AI innovation from an investment perspective is in making business models viable, says Eric Epstein, with Santé.
ACOs that earned shared savings tended to be low revenue small and rural hospitals or organizations made up of physicians.
A patient requested his medical records and did not receive them for six months - after the OCR stepped in - agency says.
Project NextGen funding includes $1B for clinical trials, $326M for a new monoclonal antibody and $100M for novel vaccines and therapeutics.