In total, 131 hospitals are acting as plaintiffs. They’re asking a court to throw out 2023 changes to the Disproportionate Share Hospital calculation that altered the way Medicare Advantage and Social Security income were factored into the risk-adjusted payments hospitals receive for caring for vulnerable patient populations.
The cloud infrastructure company said in a recent investor meeting that its heavy spending on AI has been complicated by the global GPU and CPU shortage. Some 10,000 workers have reportedly been laid off, but the true number is unknown.
The nonprofit health system had allegedly deployed Meta Pixel, a common advertising tool, on its patient portal. This likely exposed sensitive health information to third parties. However, the hospital denies wrongdoing.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is investigating domestic medical product manufacturing, as well as imports, to gauge how "state-sponsored overproduction" is impacting supply chain security.
The newly introduced Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act would require insurance companies to have a 95% timely reimbursement rate or face a reoccurring $25,000 fine.
The settlement was reached with the U.S. Department of Justice as part of Chapter 11 proceedings. Exactech is currently under restructuring that will see its business bought out by multiple investment firms.
In particular, rads working in breast imaging and pediatrics appear to score the lowest rates of career advancement, experts write in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
