Accounting & Financial Management
Financial challenges remain a significant concern, with 81% of leaders noting a direct impact on patients, Philips' report reveals.
When a larger company buys a smaller company in the same industry, this "tuck-in acquisition" is relatively safe, says Aytan Dahukey, partner and leader of Sheppard Mullin's private equity team as well as a member of the firm's healthcare and emerging growth/venture capital teams.
CMS has paid over $2.5 billion to Part A hospitals and more than $717 million to Part B physicians, suppliers and others.
The trials will evaluate novel vaccines administered as a nasal spray or as a pill to protect against symptomatic COVID-19.
Digital therapeutics can engage patients differently through wearables and telemetry and collect data, which is valuable to pharmaceutical R&D and patient engagement, says Aaron Gani, founder and CEO of RealizedCare.
The Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act would introduce legal consequences for over-aggressive private equity dealmaking.
Because of increasing use of hospital services, growth also accelerated in 2023 for nearly all payers, says Office of the Actuary.
The proposal would attempt to stop credit reporting companies from sharing medical debts with lenders.
CMS has been ordered to redetermine the star ratings, which Elevance says should be higher.
The court ruled Humana's compliance costs constitute substantial hardship and denied the DOJ's motion to dismiss for lack of standing.