Accounting & Financial Management

Jason Smith, venture acceleration fellow at MATTER, urged caution when investing in the AI space as the best means of achieving internal ROI.

This results from a decrease in direct spending of $1.1 trillion and a decrease in revenues of $4.5 trillion, CBO says.

Early indications are that premiums are increasing by a median of 15%, though filings are still preliminary.

The court said Humana didn’t exhaust the administrative appeals process, though CMS has already rejected one appeal.

Tariffs and drug pricing reforms are a top priority, overtaking traditional concerns such as workforce challenges and cybersecurity.

Employers are more likely to take measures such as raising deductibles or out-of-pocket premiums, a survey shows.

The $1.7 billion the insurer reports in profit is a 24% dip from the same period last year, officials say.

The agency is also proposing to phase out the Inpatient Only list (IPO) over a three-year period.

Dr. Lukasz Kowalczyk, CEO of Soothien HealthTech Advisory and a gastroenterologist, says artificial intelligence buy-in starts with leadership, particularly when it comes to messaging the benefits of the technology with staff.

CMS says it also wants to calculate more accurate payment rates for certain services.