Quality and Safety
Fifteen patients at Steward hospitals have died due to a lack of medical equipment or staffing shortages, says Chairman Bernie Sanders.
The awards, HRSA says, will expand the number of nurses and primary care physicians while increasing behavioral health support.
Hospitals could enhance accessibility by investing in alternative sites of care and virtual visits, report says.
Between 2022 and 2023, care denials increased 20.2% for commercial claims and 55.7% for Medicare Advantage, says another AHA report.
Atlantic Health System, which had an AI maybe approach, is transitioning to an AI first approach, says Sunil Dadlani, chief information & digital officer at Atlantic Health System.
Files containing protected health information, such as Medicare claims data were compromised in a cyberattack involving MOVEit.
If the organizations had failed to come to an agreement, about 38 hospitals would have been impacted across the four states.
Providers once again have access to patients' electronic medical records, the health system said.
HHS has said the revised March bulletin was consistent with HIPAA's definition of individually identifiable health information.
Maternal morbidity is 1.5 times higher among Black mothers than Hispanic mothers, the data shows.