News Briefs - Hospitals, Physicians at Odds Over FTC Noncompete Ban - The Federal Trade Commission's final rule banning noncompetes nationwide has implications for hospitals and physician practices, with representatives from...more
5/6/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Telehealth ,
Visas
News Briefs - Medicare Proposal Would Require Hospitals to Report Emissions - Hospitals for the first time could be asked to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the federal health department. A new Medicare proposal to...more
4/26/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Labor Shortage ,
Medicare ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Section 340B
News Briefs - House Subcommittee Considering 15 Bills to Expand Telehealth - A major House subcommittee is considering 15 bills to expand access to telehealth services as the clock ticks on a Dec. 31 deadline on pandemic-era...more
4/22/2024
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Private Equity ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Massive Cyberattack Could Spur Movement in Healthcare Industry - As the disruption caused by the cyberattack at Change Healthcare stretches beyond its tenth day, cybersecurity experts say the incident could spur...more
3/13/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Labor Shortage ,
Medicare ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Nursing Homes ,
Price Transparency
News Briefs - Experts Warn Hospitals Face Increased Risk for Cyberattacks - Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier...more
2/27/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Generic Drugs ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Senators Consider Oversight of AI in Healthcare Industry -Senators mulled how to best oversee artificial intelligence applications in the healthcare industry at a finance committee hearing. Lawmakers...more
News Briefs - Poll Finds Americans Cautiously Optimistic About AI in Healthcare Americans are cautiously optimistic that AI will be able to improve the healthcare they receive, a new Cleveland Clinic survey finds. About three...more
2/12/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Nursing Homes
News Briefs - CMS Sets Prior Authorization Time Limits, Other Requirements - To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a rule that requires health...more
1/26/2024
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Nursing Homes ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity
News Briefs - DOL Independent Contractor Rule Likely to Be Burden for SNFs - Many skilled nursing operators will need to reclassify their existing relationships with independent contractors and rethink future ones in the wake...more
News Briefs - FDA Gives First Approval of Mass Canadian Drug Imports - The Food and Drug Administration has allowed Florida to import millions of dollars' worth of medications from Canada at far lower prices than in the...more
1/15/2024
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Nurses ,
Nursing Homes ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Major Visa Delays Continue Impacting Hospitals' Nursing Shortages - The U.S. is in the midst of a visa retrogression, when a surge in demand collides with annual caps, jamming up the processing queue. The delays...more
News Briefs - Court Rules Nursing Homes Can't Face Retroactive COVID Suits - A state appeals court has rejected arguments that nursing homes sued for negligence in COVID-related cases early in the pandemic could be forced to...more
News Briefs - Senate Committee Advances Bill on 'Ghost Providers,' PBMs - In a unanimous 26-0 vote, the Senate Finance Committee passed a comprehensive draft package that puts pharmacy benefit manager reform and mental health...more
11/21/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Devices ,
Mental Health ,
Nurses ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Ransomware
News Briefs - FTC Aims to Take Action on Non-Competes, M&A Enforcement - Healthcare lobbying organizations' efforts to carve out industry-specific exemptions in recently proposed Federal Trade Commission policies are...more
10/30/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Health ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Mergers ,
Nursing Homes ,
Patients ,
Physicians ,
Supply Chain
News Briefs - Google Cloud Unveils AI to Help Doctors with Search Capabilities - Google Cloud announced new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities that it said will help healthcare workers quickly pull accurate...more
10/12/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
DEA ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicare ,
Nurses ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telehealth ,
Telemedicine
News Briefs - Government Shutdown Could Greatly Impact Health Programs - The threat of a government shutdown is hanging over Capitol Hill, but so is the realization that gridlock could claim an array of health programs that...more
News Briefs - AHA Urges FTC to Pull Back Pre-Merger Notification Requirements - The American Hospital Association is among those pushing back against the Federal Trade Commission's plans to update pre-merger notification...more
9/27/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
Nurses ,
Nursing Homes ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Feds Propose New Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Requirements - The nation's most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed by the Biden administration, the...more
9/13/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicare ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Surprise Medical Bills
News Briefs - Drugmakers Prepare for Legal Battle Over Drug Price Negotiations - Major drugmakers have tailored a legal crusade against the Biden administration's drug price negotiation program that legal scholars say appears...more
8/28/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Medicaid ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - Insurers Ignoring Rulings to Pay Surprise Bills, Doctors Say -Insurers are sometimes ignoring rulings to pay providers, or failing to pay them in full, under the arbitration system established by the new federal...more
8/18/2023
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Breach ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Long-Term Care ,
Medical Devices ,
Nursing Homes ,
Price Transparency ,
Surprise Medical Bills
News Briefs - FTC-Proposed Merger Guidelines Could Slow Healthcare Deals - Newly proposed merger guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission could chill dealmaking in the healthcare sector, as well as increase the costs and...more
8/2/2023
/ Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hospice ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Mergers ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Price Transparency ,
Telehealth
News Briefs - States Investigate Nonprofit Hospitals' Lack of Charity Care - More than a dozen states have considered or passed legislation to better define charity care, to increase transparency about the benefits hospitals...more
7/20/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Digital Health ,
Drug Pricing ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
Nursing Homes ,
Physicians
News Briefs - High Court Rules Residents Can Sue Publicly Owned Nursing Homes - The U.S. Supreme Court preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871 law as it rejected a bid to prevent an...more
News Briefs - Debt Limit Deal Will Claw Back $27.1B in Unspent COVID Funding - President Joe Biden signed a debt limit deal that includes some minimal cuts for healthcare programs just days before the federal government was...more
News Briefs - Inflation Causes Many Patients to Skip Doctors' Appointments - As prices go up generally, patients stay away from their physicians, according to federal analysts. In 2022, 28 percent of adults went without some...more
5/31/2023
/ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospice ,
Life Sciences ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medical Devices ,
Nursing Homes ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Telehealth