Ascension experiences cyberattack | Former NBA player sentenced to 40 months | Medicare's financial woes

A third-party security firm has been brought in to assess what systems were accessed and what data, if any, was taken.

Glen “Big Baby” Davis was convicted in November of healthcare fraud and related wire fraud charges.

Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund has the wherewithal to pay the full bill for beneficiaries’ stays in hospitals, hospice sites and skilled nursing facilities for the next 12 years. But what then? 

Heather Pressdee, 41, pleaded guilty to the charges, which included three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of attempt to commit murder.

The health system employs 40,000 people and cares for more than 12 million patients in eight states.

A survey of physicians by the American Medical Association reveals that many practices are still losing revenue and struggling to make payroll as a result of the Change Healthcare hack.

The California Nurses Association said AI is largely unregulated, untested and poses a serious threat to patient safety.

The bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) would allow consumers to access and delete much of their personal data being held by private companies.

R3 Vascular also announced that Christopher M. Owens, a veteran of the medical device industry, is its new president and CEO. 

Comparing only imaging centers that operated both quarters, MRI volumes increased 10% compared to Q1 of 2023 while PET/CT was up more than 15%.