Texas, Florida and California have the most for-profit community hospitals of any state, while five states have none, according to data compiled by KFF. The data, current as of 2024, comes from the American Hospital Association’s annual survey. It reflects…
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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…
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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…
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Denials get the attention, the dashboards and the dedicated staff. But revenue cycle leaders say some of the largest, most persistent leakage never shows up as a denial at all. It hides in short payments that look like clean claims,…
Apple and OpenAI are battling not only in the marketplace but also in court, escalating a fight over who builds the devices consumers use to access AI. Apple’s July 10 lawsuit names OpenAI Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan, a 24-year…
Median pay for certified registered nurse anesthetists varied widely across states, according to data released May 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, nurse anesthetists earned a median annual wage of $236,590. Below are the median hourly and annual…
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…