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Healthcare Groups Prod Congress to Stop CMS’ Payment Cuts
Healthcare and doctors' groups are unhappy with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed cuts to physician payments in its annual fee schedule, and are calling on Congress to intervene, hoping to stave off a 3.34% cut to the fee schedule's conversion factor – used to calculate Medicare payments to doctors.
Hospitals Want More Time to Review Proposed Premerger Notification Rule
The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals joined 20 other organizations to urge the Federal Trade Commission to extend by 60 days the public comment period for its proposed changes to the premerger notification form and rules.
16 Health Systems Join Generative AI Consortium
Digital health network Avia formed the Generative AI Strategic Collaborative with the American Hospital Association and others to address topics such as AI opportunities, risks, data ownership, privacy concerns, regulations, and ethics.
HCA Healthcare Now Facing 5 Lawsuits Over Massive Data Breach
The healthcare company admitted a recent data breach might have exposed the personal information of 11 million patients.
Thyme Care’s Bobby Green, M.D. on Value-Based Care in Oncology: Q&A
Practices getting experience in value-based care now will benefit down the road, he says.
Home-Based Care M&A Rebounds Significantly in Q2
Overall, the quarter saw at least 29 transactions across all home-based care sub-sectors, according to a recent report from M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart.
Why Digital Health Startups Still Need Banking Partners like SVB and First Republic
One specific concern is that startups may be reluctant to seek relationships with banks similar to SVB and First Republic due to worries over future failures and loss of capital.
Henry Ford Health Notifies 168,000 Patients of Data Breach
The Detroit-based health system said the unauthorized party conducted a phishing scheme March 30 to access its business email accounts. The accounts contained patients' protected health information in its email boxes, according to a July 14 breach notification from Henry Ford.
FTC Withdraws ‘Outdated’ Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements, Following DOJ’s Lead
The documents, published in 1996 and 2011, were largely “outdated and no longer reflect market realities in this important sector of the economy,” the FTC wrote.
How Hospital VC Leaders are Handling a Cooled-Down Funding Market
After a hot healthcare venture capital market over the last couple of years, healthcare companies' funding has dissipated.