Employees at a 130-bed hospital whose home state lacks right-to-work protections are now free to work without having to join a powerful union that had sought to represent them.
That equates to eliminating 6.5 million prior authorization barriers. The results come from a survey of major health plans conducted by AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
Group 42, an Abu Dhabi-based AI technology company, has announced its efforts to help healthcare workers battling the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China.
CMS is undergoing a revamp of its Compare websites, which allow patients and users to compare healthcare providers based on quality measures. The agency recently updated its Hospital Compare website with new measurement data and the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings.
Researchers out of Wuhan, China, have developed a new AI-based quality improvement system for colonoscopies, sharing their findings in The Lancet: Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
CMS will now cover Next Generation Sequencing through FDA-approved or cleared lab diagnostic tests for patients with inherited ovarian or breast cancer.
