June 13, 2021 Modern Healthcare
Vikas Singla, the chief operating officer of an Atlanta-based Securolytics, a network security company serving healthcare organizations, was arraigned last week on charges that in 2018 he caused a cyberattack on a Georgia hospital.
June 11, 2021 ALEX KACIK
The projected physician shortage narrowed as more students gain access to graduate medical education and a growing number of advanced practice practitioners join the workforce, according to a new report.
June 11, 2021 TARA BANNOW & JESSIE HELLMANN
Hospitals and other provider groups expressed relief at the Biden administration’s decision Friday to grant them more time to spend COVID-19 relief grants.
May 21, 2021 MICHAEL BRADY
CMS won’t extend the Next Generation ACO Model through 2022 but will allow participants to apply for the standard track of its Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model, the agency said in a letter to Next Gens on Friday.
May 14, 2021 01:11 PM LISA GILLESPIE & JESSICA KIM COHEN
Last Tuesday, Jason Cabot prepped for an abdominal surgery: he fasted for 24 hours and drank three tablespoons of intestine-cleansing milk of magnesia. But until he showed up at 5:30 a.m. the next day at Scripps Mercy Health in San Diego, he had no idea if the surgery was going to happen.
April 28, 2021 LISA GILLESPIE
Nearly one-third of hospitals scored higher star ratings under CMS’ new methodology that’s meant to create a clearer picture of quality and safety, according to data released Wednesday.
April 15, 2021 TARA BANNOW
Private equity’s estimated investment in healthcare in the first quarter of 2021 was half of its total in the final quarter of 2020, when the broader economy was recovering from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 13, 2021 Associated Press
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
March 27, 2021 Maggie Van Dyke
It’s budget season in most states, meaning safety-net hospitals are anxiously waiting to hear whether their Medicaid payments will be cut.
March 24, 2021
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces its seventeenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative to support individuals’ right to timely access to their health records at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
