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What is Medicare Part D, What Does It Mean for Pharma?

Medicare Part D plans fill a coverage gap, giving members voluntary coverage for outpatient prescription drugs. Continue Reading
Warp Speed COVID-19 Clinical Trials Boost Future Vaccine Development

Vaccine development is generally a time-consuming process, but the unprecedented speed of COVID-19 clinical trials will have implications across the pharmaceutical industry. Continue Reading
How COVID-19 Is Changing Pharmaceutical Research and Development

As the drug companies hurry to develop a coronavirus vaccine, they are also reshaping the pharmaceutical research and development landscape for the future. Continue Reading

How providers can navigate the patchwork of state health AI laws
To contend with the complex regulatory patchwork of state health AI laws, experts recommend that health systems adopt flexible, ...
‘Shadow AI’ use is widespread in healthcare: survey
More than 40% of respondents said they were aware of colleagues using AI tools that haven’t been approved by their organizations,...
KLAS: Ambient AI tool delivers measurable ROI for health systems
Three large health systems that adopted an AI-powered clinical intelligence platform experienced reduced documentation burden, ...

Orgs with more MA patients face more readmission penalties
Deeper Medicare Advantage penetration changes the risk pool for hospitals, leading to higher penalties in the Hospital ...
CMS proposes excluding chart reviews from MA risk scoring in 2027 payment rule
If finalized, the proposal would eliminate the financial motivation insurers have to mine their members’ charts for additional ...
Medicaid improper payments increase, reaching $37.39B
Medicaid, CHIP and Medicare Advantage all saw increases in improper payment rates in FY 2025, while Medicare fee-for-service's ...

Two-thirds of Epic hospitals have adopted ambient AI tools
Ambient AI adoption was widespread among hospitals that use Epic EHRs, with factors like size, operating margins and geographic ...
Health systems urge TEFCA, Carequality to employ stricter privacy controls
In a letter to The Sequoia Project, dozens of health systems advocated for stronger privacy protections in nationwide health data...
Study: AI scribes boost physician productivity, increase revenue
A recent study revealed that physicians are gaining productivity benefits from AI scribes without a detrimental effect on claim ...

AI-powered insurance platform breach impacts 3.1M individuals
HCIactive, a company that offers AI-powered administrative solutions, reported a multi-million-record breach to state regulators.
Cyberthreat actors shift from ransomware to patient extortion: Report
As the healthcare attack surface rapidly expands, cyberthreat actors are now favoring triple extortion, service disruption and ...
OIG calls on HHS to strengthen cybersecurity across divisions
In an annual report, OIG highlighted persistent healthcare cybersecurity challenges and urged HHS to unify its approach to ...