The public ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting, held on September 15-16, 2026, hosted a discussion of 23 proposals involving procedure code topics, all of which were in some way related...Read More »
Providers and payers are increasingly purchasing artificial intelligence (AI) technology over building it themselves, citing return on investment (ROI), change management, and workflow integration posing challenges. The...Read More »
Consuming less than 0.6 g/kg of protein a day correlated with higher risks of kidney failure and death, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network. Compared with patients consuming the highest...Read More »
Outpatient follow-up after psychiatric hospitalization among patients with first-admission schizophrenia was associated with a significantly lower risk of readmission, according to a new study...Read More »
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has delegated CMS certain statutory authorities to exclude individuals and entities from federal healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. This is effective immediately, as announced by the HHS in a Federal Register...Read More »
Artificial intelligence (AI)-guided monitoring with clinician alerts appeared feasible in patients recently discharged after a hospital stay for heart failure (HF). It did not, however, reduce rehospitalizations or the composite of rehospitalizations, emergency visits, and death, a...Read More »
Three newly released compliance audits from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) highlight significant gaps between high-risk diagnosis codes submitted for Medicare Advantage risk adjustment and the medical records supporting those diagnoses. The...Read More »
CMS has released its first report on how states are implementing funds from the Rural Health Transformation Program, which will distribute $50 billion to rural providers from...Read More »
