Policy and Legislation

To reduce unauthorized changes to coverage, the rule expands CMS' authority to immediately suspend an agent or broker.

CMS said RNs will be able to receive up to $40,000 for student loan debt and/or a $10,000 stipend after a three-year stint.

Enhanced tax credits that allow for low ACA premiums expire at the end of 2025.

PE ownership had negative consequences, including lower quality of care, decreased staffing and higher prices, report says.

The rule will ban medical bills on credit reports used by lenders and prohibit lenders from using medical information.

The model is designed to focus exclusively on improving maternal healthcare for people enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.

The coming year is going to show where AI's practical use cases are going to be in healthcare, say editors from HIMSS Media brands Healthcare Finance News, Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews.  

At the HIMSS25 global conference in March, Muhammad Babar, management information systems officer for the Ministry of Health in Pakistan, will speak about strengthening health information systems in Pakistan amid a nationwide push for digitization.  

Stripped out of the final bill is a provision to prevent the 2.8% Medicare pay cut to physicians.

The FTC is not targeting private equity or trying to impede investment in healthcare, it's just looking at anticompetitive conduct, says John Saran, a partner at Holland & Knight.