CMS has proposed reducing payments to home health agencies by an estimated 6.4% in 2026. The agency announced the payment decrease in a fact sheet published June 30 which outlines additional proposed ...

In the U.S., select certified registered nurse anesthetists are required to obtain a doctoral degree in 2025. Here are five questions, answered: 1. What prompted this licensing requirement? In the ...

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has launched a cancer screening initiative for U.S. veterans. The program utilizes a multicancer early detection tool that screens for up to 50 cancers ...

Tuscaloosa-based University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing has partnered with DCH Health System, also based in Tuscaloosa, to open a supportive care clinic at the system’s Lewis and Faye ...

New York state has finalized an emergency rule that allows registered nurses to follow non-patient-specific orders issued by physician assistants, Nixon Peabody reported July 1. Previously, RNs could ...

Atlanta-based Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has tapped Neil Iyengar, MD, to serve as director of survivorship services.  Dr. Iyengar will also serve as co-director of the breast medical ...

The battle over pharmacy benefit manager regulation is intensifying across the U.S. With the Supreme Court declining to revisit a key PBM case and Illinois signing sweeping new restrictions into law, ...

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has acquired Bond Clinic of Winter Haven, Fla., a 90-provider physician group that comprises 28 specialties. AdventHealth purchased the group’s ...

Uterine cancer incidence is projected to increase an average of 40.8% between 2018 and 2050, with a bulk of the increase expected to occur among Black women. Mortality rates may almost double, ...

MyChart use was associated with 21 million fewer appointment no-shows in 2024, Epic found. Patients with an active patient portal account had a no-show rate of 6.2%, compared to 7.9% to patients ...

Payer communication difficulties are the greatest barrier to improving appeals performance, according to a report from RCM company Knowtion Health, featuring joint research with the Healthcare ...

During a featured session at Becker’s Hospital Review 15th Annual Meeting in April, Eli Tarlow, a healthcare strategist and director with the tech firm CDW, took the stage to confront a sobering ...