CMS Halts State Program Funding
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced plans to significantly reduce Medicaid funding by ending federal matching for state health programs. In a letter sent to states…
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– A newly released report from the Peterson Center on Healthcare offers critical guidance for policymakers navigating the rapidly expanding landscape of remote monitoring technologies.
– Synthesizing findings from three in-depth evaluations…
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UnitedHealth Group reports Q1 results: revenue up 9.8%, EPS $6.85 versus $6.91, missing expectations for both and sending shares down more than 20% in the company’s first earnings miss since 2008.
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Data from the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Healthcare Digital Experience Study revealed that health insurance members enrolled in health plans and Medicare Advantage plans use their plan websites and mobile apps as their primary…
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With expanded telehealth availability in primary care, its impact on quality of care and associated costs remains debated. Analyzing 199,829 Medicare beneficiaries in Mississippi (2019–2021), we found telehealth utilization associated with significant sociodemographic disparities,…
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Anthropic adds a research feature to Claude that searches both internal and web-based content, using an agentic approach to run iterative queries, resolve open questions, and deliver well-sourced answers with citations.
A proposed federal bill…
Lucienne Marie Ide, M.D., PH.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RimidI
The care management code updates in the 2025 Final Physician Fee Schedule from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could have far-reaching…
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For Medicare, telemedicine reimbursement and regulation has been about kicking the can down the road – more temporary extensions of COVID-era flexibilities. The current ones run out on September 30.It’s April 2025 and healthcare…
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Cigna Healthcare leads in member satisfaction with digital experience among commercial health plans, while UPMC Health Plan ranks highest among Medicare Advantage plans, according to a new report.
The J.D. Power U.S. Healthcare Digital Experience…
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Experts estimate that by 2040, one in five Americans will be 65 or older, up from one in eight in 2000.
Despite the country’s rapidly aging population, digital health solutions that cater to older aduls…
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