HHS is creating a new pathway to evaluate which conditions should be added to the national newborn screening panel as part of a broader effort to modernize a review process that officials say has lagged behind advances in genetic medicine.…
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Traditional oncology case management programs have helped health plans support members through cancer, but nurse-led navigation alone cannot address the clinical decisions that most influence outcomes and costs. Cancer requires timely diagnosis, guideline-driven treatment decisions, and direct clinical intervention from…
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A federal appeals court has ruled that the government’s methodology for calculating the qualifying payment amount within the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process is partly unlawful, a decision that could force insurers to recalculate QPAs and raise some benchmark payments.…
In many parts of rural North Carolina, giving birth means driving farther, waiting longer and arriving sicker. As Erin Fraher, PhD, of the University of North Carolina’s Sheps Center told lawmakers in March, North Carolina does not have a maternity…
St. Louis-based Ascension closed the disparity in severe hospital-acquired pressure injuries between patients with light and dark skin tones to 0% in fiscal 2026, the health system said Aug. 11. The change followed a systemwide push to standardize skin-tone assessment…
Alyssa Chapital, MD, PhD, has been named vice president of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System in Wisconsin, effective Nov. 3, according to an Aug. 11 LinkedIn post. Dr. Chapital will succeed Richard Helmers, MD, who has served as vice…
Opelika-based East Alabama Health will assume management and operational oversight of Medical Center Barbour in Eufaula, Ala., beginning Oct. 1. Four things to know: 1. East Alabama Health will lead day-to-day operations and provide strategic guidance for the hospital to…