by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Health care companies pursuing mergers would have to disclose more information about the transactions under a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposal that could slow health care deal-making. The antitrust agency voted Tuesday to publish a proposed rule that would,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Racial disparities in food insecurity persist among low-income households that don’t participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but not among those that do, according to a new study. Food insecurity is considered a critical public health...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
Nuance Communications, Microsoft’s speech recognition subsidiary, is building on its long-standing partnership with Epic to broaden the availability of generative AI tools for medical note-taking. Nuance is integrating its Dragon Ambient eXperience Express into...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning doctors and public health officials about a handful of locally acquired cases of malaria. Four people in Florida and one person in Texas seem to have been exposed to the disease locally. The four...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
About 2,000 registered nurses are slated to launch a one-day strike Tuesday morning and, upon completion, will be locked out of their Ascension hospitals for an additional three days, according to statements from their union and the major Catholic health system. The...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a payment boost for dialysis providers next year in a draft regulation released Monday. The agency is proposing to raise the end-stage renal disease Prospective Payment System base rate for dialysis...
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