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For both, CMS is modifying the COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Healthcare Personnel measure that will affect the 2025 payments.

More than 75% of the 4,654 hospitals in the Care Compare Dataset for 2023 received 2, 3 or 4 stars. 

For the 13th year in a row, the healthcare industry reported the most expensive data breaches, at an average cost of $10.9 million.

<p>The nonprofit organization is digitizing standards for quality care called HEDIS measures using CQL language, says Edward Yurcisin, NCQA’s chief technology officer.</p> <p> </p>

<p>While AI can generate content there's no good way yet to vet it, says Freddie Feldman, director of voice and conversational interfaces at Wolters Kluwer.</p>

<p>Greg Miller, chief growth officer at Lumeon, said the care environment is ripe for change and that automation can help with short staffing and alleviate costs.</p>

Court case precedent and reinstatement of former market concentration thresholds will play a major role.

<p>Payel Das, principal research staff member and manager in the Trusted AI department of IBM, and an IBM master inventor, said LLMs can help to fill gaps in distribution and generate insights based on the missing data.</p> <p> </p>

Colorado is the latest state to put Friday Health Plans into receivership, joining Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and North Carolina.

Compared to a year ago, all nursing vacancies have skyrocketed, growing as much as 351%