Patients with advanced cancers were more likely to receive hospice care if they were enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, according to a study published March 24 in JAMA Network Open. Hospice care is covered under Medicare Part A, not…
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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is using AI to help identify hospitalized patients who may benefit from palliative care earlier in their stay — part of a broader effort to expand access to supportive care while reducing avoidable readmissions. The initiative…
Registered nurses at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago voted May 14-16 to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United. Of 1,830 eligible voters, 1,540 ballots were counted, with 1,190 votes cast in favor of…
Matt Settergren joined Optum Financial, a financial services provider that focuses on consumer health accounts, as COO, according to a May LinkedIn post. Mr. Settergren’s most recent role was at financial services firm Wealth Enhancement. Previously, he worked in strategy…
Stanford Health Care’s hospital-at-home program was never supposed to look like a traditional hospital-at-home program. California regulations prevented the health system from fully operating under CMS’ Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver model, forcing leaders to rethink how care could…
The FDA has issued an early alert for certain Draeger anesthesia workstations tied to a manufacturing issue that could cause mechanical ventilation to fail before or during use. Affected devices include the Atlan A350 and Atlan A350 XL anesthesia workstations,…
The average ACA deductible has jumped 37%, an increase of more than $1,000 per person, from 2025 to 2026, according to a KFF analysis published May 19. The analysis pulls from CMS and state open enrollment reports, along with KFF survey data…
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear petitions from six major drugmakers challenging the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, leaving in place lower court rulings that upheld the program and effectively closing off the industry’s best remaining path to…
Attorneys general from 25 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to block an Education Department rule that limits which degree programs qualify for higher federal student loan limits. The rule — finalized…
As a Nebraska health system monitors 18 passengers for Andes hantavirus and several states track potential exposure, the CDC outlined three hantaviruses U.S. clinicians should consider when evaluating patients. The Andes hantavirus is a New World hantavirus that the CDC…