The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a new rule that seeks to streamline prior authorizations to lighten clinician workload and allow them more time to see patients. In theory, ...

Microsoft Healthcare Corporate Vice President Peter Lee expressed his support for the proposed interoperability rule, according to CNBC. “When the rules were posed, we made a comment endorsing the ...

The goal of the interoperability rules is to move the healthcare system from an environment built by providers and payers to one in which patients are in control, according to Dr. Don Rucker, head of ...

CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...

The "historic changes" announced late yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, promising big adjustments to its policies around the Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment ...

Regulators finalized an interoperability and technology rule on Thursday that aims to lessen administrative burden on providers, including through updates to prior authorization processes. The ...

Alton (Ill.) Memorial Hospital launched new dining software within its Epic EHR system this month to help monitor and manage patients' nutritional health, according to a Jan. 24 Telegraph report. Epic ...

A new rule issued today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology involves the patient, not as a person being “acted upon,” said Elise Sweeney Anthony, director of ...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS') investigation unit and health IT offices are stepping up enforcement of information blocking committed by providers, health IT developers and health ...

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A new CMS final rule increases IPPS payment rates by 2.6% for 2026 and finalizes several key policy changes, including the launch of a mandatory bundled payment model, new e-prescribing standards, and ...