The American Medical Association is launching an initiative to develop and deploy SNOMED CT to CPT terminology mappings that support electronic prior authorization. The project aims to reduce administrative burden for physicians and help patients receive timely care by connecting…

IT departments used to be judged on whether they could deploy software on time. CIOs say that bar has moved: The job now is redesigning clinical workflows, owning outcomes alongside clinicians, and building governance into every AI implementation from day…

CMS is proposing a Medicare payment ban for remote patient monitoring services delivered by third-party vendors. Here are six things to know: 1. The proposed rule, released July 14 as part of the 2027 physician fee schedule, would allow payment…

A cybercriminal group calling itself The Syndicate claims it breached Israeli fintech firm Nayax and stole more than 1 billion payment card records, while telling DataBreaches.net it steers clear of attacking hospitals. Asked whether it refrains from hacking certain sectors,…

Nicklaus Children’s Health System is putting a number on its Epic rollout, and its president and CEO wants people to understand what that number is actually for. Matthew A. Love, president and CEO of the Miami-based health system, told Becker’s…

Health system venture arms have multiplied as leaders seek to accelerate AI adoption and too often they’ve accumulated deals without clearly connecting them to care delivery. Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health built its venture arm differently. Accrete Health Partners, the…

A widely used surgical risk tool — developed with federal funding and freely available online — has long been off-limits for EHR integration. That may be changing, but health system leaders say the damage from years of workflow friction has…

For most of medicine’s history, the evidence a clinician needed was scarce, scattered and difficult to retrieve at the point of care. Today, the problem has shifted. Clinicians are no longer practicing in an environment defined by too little information.…

The White House launched “Gold Eagle” on July 14, an AI-powered clearinghouse designed to accelerate detection and patching of cybersecurity vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure. The initiative pairs the Treasury Department, DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of…

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is notifying patients of Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, N.C., that their protected health information was sent to an unauthorized billing partner. Erlanger discovered the issue on May 13, according to a breach notification…