As measles continues spreading across the U.S. at a pace not seen in decades, physicians are warning about a rare but often fatal neurological complication that can emerge years after initial infection, KFF Health News reported March 13. Subacute sclerosing…
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The American College of Radiology is supporting a call from 10 medical specialty societies and academies urging Cigna Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare to update their coverage policies for peripheral nerve stimulation used to treat chronic pain. Current payer policies classify the…
Mount Sinai Chief Revenue Officer Debra Jaeger, MSN, RN, has found space for herself as a liaison between clinical and financial teams. Before transitioning to revenue cycle, Ms. Jaeger began her healthcare career in nursing, she told Becker’s on a…
After attending HIMSS March 9-12 in Las Vegas, health system CIOs are excited about implementing agentic AI — and getting a return on investment from it — while governance is becoming “cool,” as one leader put it. The healthcare IT…
MaineHealth is piloting a career navigator services program to aid participants in its free certified nursing assistant training. The pilot, which was launched at Maine Medical Center Portland, will help CNAs explore growth opportunities, assist with transitions between specialties and…
Discontinuing GLP-1 treatment does not always cause significant weight gain, as many patients transition to other obesity or diabetes treatments, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published March 12 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. One year after discontinuation, 19.6% of…
From an Arkansas system reaching an agreement to add its 13th hospital to Prospect Medical Holdings offloading its final Crozer Health hospital, here are four hospital M&A moves that Becker’s reported during the week of March 9: 1. The Tallahassee…
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City are examining how artificial intelligence systems perform when faced with heavy workloads in clinical environments, finding that system design may play a larger role than the…
As healthcare AI moves beyond the pilot phase, health systems need to build the infrastructure to enable the technology for the long term, according to a recent panel discussion at New York City-based Columbia Business School. “There’s a lot of…
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has expanded its Advanced Care at Home program across multiple states and more than doubled the number of children served since Becker’s last reported on the initiative. When Becker’s covered the program in November, Nemours…