Compliance & Legal

CMS also proposes to update the outlier threshold so that estimated outlier payments remain at 2% of total payments.

Adjustments are estimated to total $196.5 million in 2026, CMS says.

Northwell will become a 28-hospital system after integrating seven Nuvance hospitals in Connecticut and New York.

Any regulatory response to nursing home "deficiencies" must be consistent with legislation governing nursing homes, ruling says.

The proposed updates are more specific around required technical controls, challenging security leaders when it comes to implementation, says Garrett Weber, Akamai Technologies field CTO for enterprise security.

The group is advocating for digital healthcare initiatives such as expanded access to virtual care and telehealth.

The steep cuts are largely attributable to new HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took the agency's top post in February.

The board would require that board-certified physicians make determinations about whether care is medically necessary.

The university is proposing a new nonprofit partnership with Essentia Health, but Fairview Health has criticized the arrangement.

Walgreens was accused of engaging in a "systematic and routine waiver of patient copayments."