Category: Press Release

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 […]

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal information, including home addresses, could be used in efforts to remove them from the country. Warning patients could deter them from signing up for […]

Listen: More than 2 million Americans could benefit from PrEP, but only about a quarter of them are getting the HIV prevention medication. On Feb. 4, during WAMU’s “Health Hub,” KFF Health News reporter Zach Dyer shared tips for overcoming common hurdles to care. Billing mistakes. Stigma. Doctors who aren’t keeping up with the latest […]

A large fire severely damaged the Orthopedic Institute at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City (Pa.) on Feb. 4, prompting a full evacuation of the hospital, according to a Feb. 5 report by Fox affiliate WOLF. Flames had breached the institute’s roof by the time crews arrived around 9:40 p.m. Firefighters responded immediately as hospital staff, EMS […]