Total United States healthcare spending increased an estimated 7.2% to $5.3 trillion in 2024, according CMS actuaries’ annual estimate, similar to the 7.4% increase in...Read More »
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers benefits in medicine but poses risks to medical trainees, including skill loss and outsourcing reasoning that can potentially undermine clinical competence and patient safety, according to a recent...Read More »
According to a clinical review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with acute myocardial...Read More »
Clinics, specialty groups, and ambulatory care centers are facing systemic strains from the outpatient healthcare infrastructure, according to the Outpatient Pressure Index...Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) sent comments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) ahead of their January meeting regarding payment update recommendations. Specifically, the AHA urged MedPAC to:
Recommend higher payment updates for inpatient and outpatient
UnitedHealth Group (UHG) used “aggressive strategies” to increase its Medicare Advantage (MA) risk adjustment scores and collect higher payments from MA enrollees’ diagnoses, according to a new Senate Judiciary...Read More »
Last week, CMS announced that all 50 states will receive awards under the Rural Health Transformation Program, an initiative totaling $50 billion meant to strengthen...Read More »
