The 340B landscape continues to evolve. Regulatory and operational changes are making program management and administration more complex. Implementation of the IRA Maximum Fair Pricing (MFP) and upcoming HRSA 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program are creating an even more complicated…
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The month of September kicked off with a fresh round of workforce reductions across the healthcare landscape, with several organizations feeling the pressure of rising labor and supply costs, shifting reimbursements and pressure to streamline operations. Below are five layoffs…
The healthcare industry is marking 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by remembering the lives lost that day and the healthcare workers and first responders who answered the call without hesitation. Nearly 3,000 people died in the…
Health systems have spent the past few years piloting AI across nearly every department, but translating that activity into hard financial numbers has proven elusive for many. An April report from healthcare automation company Qventus found that while 42% of…
Hospitals and health systems have kept swapping EHR vendors throughout 2026. Epic continues to add major health systems and community hospitals to its customer base, while Oracle Health’s marquee project involves one very large, very expensive customer: the federal government.…
CMS released its final Medicare National Coverage Determinations for transcatheter aortic valve replacement on Sept. 10. “The streamlined and updated requirements for TAVR operators and hospitals finalized in this decision memorandum will in themselves improve access and operational efficiency, without…
Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has named Rachel Correia vice president of patient financial services, according to a Sept. 10 post on her LinkedIn page. She joins the health system from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, where she served…
Anthropic has blocked multiple accounts after users tapped its Claude AI models for biological research that could potentially support the development of biological weapons, CNN reported Sept. 10. The AI company outlined five cases in a Sept. 10 threat intelligence…
Physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses can now order every noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test Medicare covers, ending a long-standing physician-only requirement under a CMS coverage change. CMS authorized the expanded coverage in June when it finalized a decision…
Healthcare CFOs’ tenures last an average of 3.7 years, according to a September report from Crist Kolder Associates. Here are the tenures of the CFOs at the 10 largest health systems in the U.S. (Health system size is determined by…