Payer audits, denial amounts rise again in 2025, vendor data show

Healthcare stakeholders have registered mixed reactions to both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule laying out the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and the Office of the National Coordinator for…

Inaccurate diagnoses impact approximately 1 in 20 adults in the United States--or as many as 12 million people each year. Even more troubling, a third of these diagnostic errors can lead to disability and even death. That’s why Johns…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects to be able to roll out new app software nationwide to enable online appointment scheduling beginning this January. Patients initially will be able to set up primary-care appointments via an…

Anthropic is pushing into the healthcare market as it launches artificial intelligence tools and resources purpose-built for providers and payers.

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In one of the first experiments of its kind, Utah is using its AI regulatory sandbox to waive licensing laws for AI to refill common prescriptions.

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