Category: Press Release

Nurses’ clinical intervention and barcode medication scanning emerged as the two biggest safeguards preventing patient harm in intensive care units at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, according to a study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Researchers analyzed 288 near misses reported in 2024 from inpatient critical care units at the health […]

Younger employees are posing a more substantial cost risk, according to a Feb. 4 whitepaper from UnitedHealthcare and Health Action Council, which focuses on employer healthcare programs. The research relied on data from more than 225,000 HAC members with UnitedHealthcare plans. Craig Kurtzweil, chief data and analytics officer for UnitedHealthcare’s commercial business, joined the Becker’s Payer […]

HHS is asking for public comments on the potential implementation of regulations on diagnostic imaging technology to improve interoperability. The input will help the agency “explore the best and least burdensome ways to support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information, including diagnostic images, through the adoption of standards and the certification of […]

This February, BCBS Michigan shared how it will cut reimbursement by 50% for nonpreventive evaluation/management services with modifier 25 that were billed on the same day as procedure codes with global periods of zero, 10 or 90 days. Modifier 25 is used to indicate separate services provided on the same day. The policy will go into effect May 1, […]

Investing in employees is ingrained in the philosophy of Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health, formerly Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System. The system has historically taken a conservative approach to compensation and benefits — but recently undertook a significant shift, embracing a more progressive strategy grounded in financial strength, new processes and its mission-driven […]

Major EHR vendors are moving deeper into AI-driven clinical workflow tools, with new releases aimed at reducing documentation burden and automating tasks during patient visits. On Feb. 2, Oracle Health expanded its Clinical AI Agent to help clinicians automate the creation of clinical orders during patient appointments. The tool now supports automated order creation for […]

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has transferred its Madison Heights hospital to Warren, Mich.-based Trillium Health Care Management, which plans to convert the site into an inpatient behavioral health facility.  Trillium will assume ownership of the facility and begin renovations to create a 75-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital as early as this spring, according to a Feb. 5 […]

In November, Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health launched a systemwide clinical trial network. The Advocate Health National Center for Clinical Trials aims to make clinical research part of routine care within the health system’s 69 hospitals, more than 1,000 care sites and nearly 6 million patients spanning across six states.  Jamy Ard, MD, chief science officer […]

La decisión del gobierno de Trump de dar a funcionarios encargados de deportaciones acceso a los datos de Medicaid está poniendo a los hospitales y a estados en un aprieto, ya que deben decidir si advierten a sus pacientes inmigrantes que toda su información personal, incluida la dirección de su casa, podría utilizarse para expulsarlos […]

As Gov. Gavin Newsom spars with President Donald Trump and courts national attention for a potential presidential bid, at home he’s catching flak from the left and the right on health care.  The California Democrat came into office promising to fight for “guaranteed health care for all,” and he came close to achieving it. Really close. But as it turns out, that’s easier said than done when you’re juggling chronic budget deficits, rising health care costs, and shrinking federal support.  Now he’s walking […]