Category: Regulatory

July 25, 2024

The deployment of the new EHR has been a yearslong challenge, plagued with technical issues and patient safety concerns. EHR vendor Cerner — later acquired by technology giant Oracle — scored the contract to modernize the VA’s health record system […]

July 3, 2024

Prospect revealed the federal probe in response to a lawsuit filed against the 16-hospital system by Yale New Haven Health. Yale New Haven sued Prospect in May to get out of a 2022 deal to buy three Connecticut-based hospitals from […]

June 12, 2024

Americans would no longer have to worry about medical debts dragging down their credit scores under federal regulations proposed Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If enacted, the rules would dramatically expand protections for tens of millions of Americans […]

June 4, 2024

While patient volumes have largely recovered since the COVID-19 pandemic, inflationary pressures and a hot labor market have driven up operating costs for nonprofit health systems, causing median expense growth to outpace median revenue growth in fiscal year 2023, according […]

May 14, 2024

Since 2021, health systems and insurers have been required to post pricing information for their 300 most common procedures as the government pushes to make healthcare prices more transparent. However, researchers have accused hospitals and insurers of failing to fully […]

May 7, 2024

Food safety is of paramount importance for all industries. Ensuring the preparation, handling, and storage of food meets certain health and safety standards is critical for businesses involved in the production of food, its distribution and service, not only to […]

May 3, 2024

Marisol Pantoja Toribio found a lump in her breast in early January. Uninsured and living in California without legal status and without her family, the usually happy-go-lucky 43-year-old quickly realized how limited her options were. “I said, ‘What am I […]

April 23, 2024

The Biden administration finalized a rule Monday that bars providers, health plans and other entities covered by HIPAA from disclosing protected health information that could be used to investigate abortions. The regulation from the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, first […]

April 22, 2024

Cochlear, an implantable hearing solutions developer, has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the use of its Osia System to children as young as five years old. This decision lowers the eligible age from […]

April 19, 2024

Lumicell has received approval for its new drug application (NDA) for LUMISIGHT optical imaging agent and premarket approval (PMA) application for Lumicell direct visualisation system (DVS) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The LUMISIGHT optical imaging agent and […]

April 12, 2024

As consumer data privacy evolves, 2023 was the year healthcare came into focus. Many state and federal changes governing data privacy legislation went into effect. These new laws and amendments aimed to strengthen user privacy rights and hold organizations accountable […]

March 28, 2024

Beacon Biosignals has secured the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510(k) clearance for SleepStageML, a machine learning software designed to enhance sleep analysis. This development expands the company’s analytical capabilities, extending from at-home sleep monitoring to include in-lab polysomnography, […]

March 26, 2024

Addressing a Growing Need With one in five adults in the United States struggling with mental health conditions, Brightside Health is well-positioned to address this critical need. Brightside Health offers a range of teletherapy services, including their award-winning Crisis Care […]

February 28, 2024

UnitedHealth is under investigation by the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns, according to reporting by the Examiner News and the Wall Street Journal. Over the past few weeks, investigators have been inquiring about UnitedHealth’s effect on competition in sectors […]

February 14, 2024

Software engineer Alexander Surkov recently proposed a new addition to the Chromium source code, the layout engine on which many modern browsers are based. The programmer aims to implement the Web Monetization specifications, providing Chrome and many other free browsers […]

February 5, 2024

Edwards Lifesciences has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system, a transcatheter therapy, for treating TR. The system has been designed for patients with symptomatic severe TR who have not […]

January 25, 2024

The Telemental Health Care Access Act comes as a number of Medicare telehealth flexibilities that first went into effect during the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire at the end of the year without congressional action. Lawmakers have previously shown […]

January 8, 2024

The HHS released the proposed information blocking penalties for providers in the fall, years after rules went into effect that banned preventing the exchange of health data. Regulators also finalized penalties for health IT developers over the summer, allowing the […]

January 4, 2024

The New York City health commissioner reinstated an indoor mask mandate Jan. 3 for public hospitals, health centers and long-term care facilities amid a rise in COVID-19, flu and respiratory virus cases, according to ABC 7 NY. Health Commissioner Dr. […]

December 19, 2023

State Medicaid programs began reassessing eligibility for the safety-net insurance program this spring after a long period of continuous enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continuous enrollment provisions caused rolls to swell to nearly 94 million people before unwinding began in […]