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Five states pen an open letter, pleading with HHS, RFK to delay Medicaid work requirements
Labcorp settles $2.3B data breach lawsuit brought by 44 states
Medicare Advantage insurer accused of upcoding by a whistleblower settles False Claims Act lawsuit for $22.5M
Researchers to hospitals: Only transfer patients if there’s no other path to a good outcome
Doctor-turned-senator sued 700+ patients for medical debts, often charging 18% interest
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Five states pen an open letter, pleading with HHS, RFK to delay Medicaid work requirements

The states say they do not have enough time to enforce the rule, as CMS only issued an interim final rule this summer. The deadline for full compliance is Jan. 1.

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Labcorp settles $2.3B data breach lawsuit brought by 44 states

The incident happened in 2019, when a third-party debt collector used by the diagnostics company had a hacker inside its network for over 8 months. In total, the incident exposed records from 27.5 million patients to hackers.

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Medicare Advantage insurer accused of upcoding by a whistleblower settles False Claims Act lawsuit for $22.5M

Independence Blue Cross, the largest medical insurance provider in the Philadelphia area, does not admit to wrongdoing. It was accused in a lawsuit backed by the U.S. Department of Justice of misrepresenting the severity of patient illnesses to juice risk-adjusted Medicare payments.

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1M Americans begin receiving ACA ‘refund’ checks, as promised by Trump administration

The reason for the payouts is a bit fuzzy, but the White House said it has to do with user fees that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services charged to the states, which should have been passed on to enrollees as they sign up for insurance on HealthCare.gov

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Researchers to hospitals: Only transfer patients if there’s no other path to a good outcome

Analyzing more than 1,500 cases of patients who got sent from an acute-care hospital to an ostensibly more-capable facility, Harvard researchers have found 1 in 4 such transfers could—and probably should—have been avoided. 

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Long COVID: 28% of healthcare workers experience symptoms after six months, study finds

A study from the University of Iowa Health Care found that age and gender played a role in self-reported long COVID symptoms, but the recency of a COVID-19 vaccine or booster was not a factor.

Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, FSCCT, Medical director of radiology and clinical operations for integrated imaging services, Mass General Bringham, and an associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, explains how his center integrated artificial intelligence (AI) into its radiology and cardiovascular imaging workflow.
How Mass General is using AI to improve its cardiovascular imaging workflows

At Mass General Brigham, advanced algorithms help clinicians spend more time focused on what matters most.

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What MAHA rooters said about AI—and other hot topics—at this week’s ‘open data’ summit in Washington

“There’s no correlation between the cost of healthcare and the quality you’re getting.”
Housing AI company hits $4B valuation as it expands into healthcare

With its $350M in new funding, EliseAI said it plans to build out its technology and sales force. It currently works with specialty provider groups to automate practice operations such as scheduling and insurance verification.

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