The American Medical Association is applauding CMS’ new technology-supported care model for Medicare patients with chronic disease. The ACCESS Model, short for Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions, will assess whether giving clinicians more flexibility to use technology-enabled care…
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Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital’s data and AI partnership with Denver-based Palantir Technologies is gaining fresh recognition after the Tampa Bay Business Journal named the collaboration a 2026 Inno Award winner for “Partnership of the Year.” The academic health system began…
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., are urging the Drug Enforcement Administration to extend federal telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances before they expire Dec. 31. In a Dec. 2 letter to DEA Administrator Terrance Cole, the senators…
Springfield, Ill.-based Springfield Memorial Hospital has teamed up with CareView Communications to implement a virtual monitoring platform aimed at enhancing patient safety and staff efficiency. Under the agreement, the hospital will deploy CareView’s Virtual Sitting system, which enables continuous observation…
Albuquerque, N.M.-based UNM Health System is building an app to help older adults track health changes over time. The academic medical center is developing the app in concert with the New Mexico Health Care Authority and health IT vendor ScienceSoft,…
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Dec. 1 that would extend the CMS waiver to provide acute hospital care at home for five years. The Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act would continue the waiver, which is currently set…
CMS plans to open applications in 2026 for a new payment model aimed at increasing access to technology-supported care for people with Original Medicare who are managing chronic conditions. Here are four things to know about the new payment model:…
Rady Children’s Hospital Orange County has expanded its virtual nursing program to its emergency and neuroscience units. The hospital in November added virtual nurse coverage to the Julia and George Argyros Emergency Department and the neuroscience unit in the Bill…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and K Health have formed a joint venture to expand access to primary care across New York through a new virtual platform. The service, called Northwell Primary Care Now, uses K Health’s clinical-grade AI…
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has gone live with Epic’s AI Text Assistant, a generative AI tool designed to make clinical notes easier for patients to understand, according to the health system’s associate chief health informatics officer for platform innovation. Stephon…