It’s unclear why Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare dropped its lawsuit, but it did so with prejudice, meaning the hospital cannot refile. There are many unanswered questions surrounding the unusual case, including how common incidents like this are and whether or not the hospital can technically bill for the time the room was occupied.
The new agentic program, called “Avery,” is now available to millions of UnitedHealthcare members through insurer's existing app. The company said the model will help patients find providers, understand their benefits, get updates on claims and more.
Republicans are said to be considering cuts to cost-sharing programs through the Affordable Care Act as a means to save money and fund the U.S. Department of War, which is looking for $200 billion to cover not only the conflict in Iran but also domestic immigration enforcement.
CMS has announced the members of the independent Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes, as the agency is seeking an independent review and assessment of what happened at nursing homes across the countries when COVID-19 hit.
One of the biggest imaging OEMs is offering healthcare providers using its radiography systems a third party’s AI toolset for detecting lung abnormalities.
The American College of Physicians has released its new Practice Points, which aims to provide rapid clinical advice based on evidence and offer some guidance on wearing masks and respirators.
Harvard researchers have demonstrated a way to cut through tangles of irrelevant information in electronic health records (EHRs) while applying machine learning to spot patterns indicative of specific disease markers.
Hospitals in the U.S. are already using dexamethasone, a commonly known steroid that’s readily available and inexpensive, to treat COVID-19 patients without waiting for confirmation of preliminary results from a British study that found the drug can greatly improve survival.
More than 33,000 devices are affected by this recall. Customers may need to return and replace the purge cassettes included with their devices due to a risk of serious injury or death.
