Elevance Health plans to require hospitals to identify the physical location where care was provided on billing forms and adjust payments for off-campus services accordingly. The insurer said Sept. 29 the new policies will apply across its commercial, Medicare Advantage…
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San Francisco-based UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals has become the first U.S. qualified treatment center contracted to administer Waskyra (etuvetidigene autotemcel) to eligible patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. The designation makes Waskyra commercially available to eligible patients in the U.S., according to…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said AI could help address chronic disease, which he described as necessary to lowering healthcare costs. Doing so would require consolidating health data sets and making them readable, he said, according to Politico. Mr.…
Montana rural emergency medical service agencies will receive $8.7 million for new medical equipment and ambulances through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program. The investment will provide funding to 79 rural EMS agencies, according to a Sept. 29 CMS news…
OpenAI has canceled the public release of GPT-6.1 Astra, its next-generation AI model, after internal testing found safety and alignment problems, the company confirmed to Becker’s. The model had been slated to debut in ChatGPT and Codex in October. It…
The former CEO of Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District, who was terminated in May, filed a claim against the district alleging retaliation. The district’s board of directors has rejected it, Uken Report reported Sept. 27. The board voted unanimously…
The FDA has approved Emcitate (tiratricol) to treat peripheral thyrotoxicosis in patients with MCT8 deficiency, also known as Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome. Emcitate is the first FDA-approved treatment for peripheral thyrotoxicosis in patients with the rare genetic disorder, according to a Sept.…
Over 1,000 nurses plan to march Sept. 30 in San Francisco to protest AI company Palantir’s work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. National Nurses United and its affiliate, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing…
Revenue cycle leaders have historically built expertise through repetition, spending years coding claims, working denials and reconciling charges before advancing into more complex roles. But As AI takes on more of that work, the traditional path to developing that experience…
Multiple health systems will experience leadership transitions on or around Oct. 1 as the fourth quarter of the year begins. Several of the changes stem from previously announced retirements, with successors set to take over in September and October. Others…