Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 31, 2021

Medicare trustees project hospital fund to run out in 2026, same deadline as year before. Tue, 08/31/2021 - 17:02.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

What You Should Know: – Healthcare profit pools are expected to grow 4 percent annually resulting from $654 billion in 2021 to $790 billion in 2026 , according to a new McKinsey report. Payer profit pools are expected to grow at 11 percent annually reaching $75 billion in 2026. Key findings from the report are as follows: 1.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Oct. | CMS is looking to shake up the risk adjustment model and wants the ability to suspend shady brokers from the insurance marketplace, the agency wrote among other updates in a new proposed rule.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 15, 2023

CMS gives an early look at how it plans to negotiate Part D drug prices in 2026 dmuoio Wed, 03/15/2023 - 17:35

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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 3, 2024

Starting in 2026, plans sold in state-based exchanges will be required to meet time and distance standards for provider access that are already applied to plans sold federally.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With a projection for the market to reach USD $3.7bn in 2026, here I explore five drivers fueling this period of robust growth. Although volumes dipped in 2020, the strong recovery witnessed in 2021 is set to continue with volumes reaching >6bn by 2026. Radiologist shortage leading to improved compensation.

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Healthcare Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The current partnership, which operates M Health Fairview, will end in 2026, but negotiations toward a new contract will continue, according to the nonprofit.

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Healthcare Dive

JULY 29, 2022

The bill, part of a more than $300 billion package, extends enhanced ACA premiums and allows Medicare to negotiate select prescription drug prices starting in 2026.

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Digital Health News

AUGUST 22, 2024

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has partnered with Better to deliver an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.

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Hanys

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

HANYS submitted comments to HHS and CMS on HHS' proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026.

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Digital Health News

MAY 23, 2024

The three trusts that form the Acute Hospital Alliance are to implement a new shared electronic patient record (EPR), which will go live in 2026.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Allowing Medicare to cover anti-obesity medications would drive up federal spending by about $35 billion on net between 2026 and 2034, CBO estimates.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

2026) hails from small-town Indiana and worked for three years as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before attending law school. 2026) research interests include innovative medical technologies and chronic disease policy. Keep an eye out for their bylines! Spencer Andrews (J.D. Rupa Palanki’s (J.D.

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Wyatt Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

The Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (“KCDPA”) will become effective on January 1, 2026. On April 4, 2024, Kentucky became the 15th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. The KCDPA creates rights for Kentucky consumers and imposes requirements on certain businesses that collect consumer data.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 7, 2024

New legislation extends the pandemic provisions for two more years, through 2026. | Pandemic-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities which removed restrictions on how a Medicare beneficiary could access telehealth are set to expire at the end of 2024. The offsets for the bill include pharmacy benefit manager reforms.

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Digital Health News

JANUARY 22, 2024

NHS England said it had opened a tender to support provider organisations as they seek to get electronic patient records in place by the end of March 2026.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

It is expected that a new episode-based payment model would be implemented no earlier than 2026, CMMI said. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has released a request for information to design a future episode-based payment model. |

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Compliance Now

MAY 23, 2022

Benefits will be available starting January 1, 2026. Total benefits are capped at $900/week for 2026 and 2027, and indexed thereafter. On May 10, Delaware Governor Carney signed the Healthy Delaware Families Act establishing a mandatory paid leave program, making Delaware the eleventh state to enact such a program.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 28, 2024

– The decision, effective January 1, 2026, marks a major step forward in recognizing and reimbursing AI-driven technologies that improve patient outcomes in cardiovascular care. The American Medical Association (AMA) has officially approved a Category I CPT code for Cleerly’s AI-QCT advanced plaque analysis.

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Mobi Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

billion) by 2026. The market is forecast to reach $9.13 billion (€7.84

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 28, 2024

Given its embrace of telemedicine, the EGH will offer virtual services ahead of its target opening by 2030; it intends to run virtual wards around 2026 to support the already overwhelmed Changi General Hospital (CGH), Minister Ong revealed. That will make tele-consult more effective," the minister shared.

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Fierce Healthcare

MAY 6, 2024

The virtual care giant is plotting accelerated revenue growth and a path to EBITDA profitability in 2026, boosted by a major contract with the Defense Health Agency. Telehealth company Amwell continues to struggle with falling stock price and both its bottom and top line results in the first quarter missed Wall Street analysts estimates. |

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Its digital wound care toolkit is targeted to be rolled out in 2026.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 1, 2019

By 2026, that number will balloon $150 billion. Artificial intelligence is poised to make a major impact on healthcare and healthcare technology. Investment in the healthcare AI sector alone is predicted to reach $6.6 billion by 2021.

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Natalia Mazina

OCTOBER 30, 2022

By 2026, CMS will directly negotiate prices for selected drugs (initially the 10 most expensive drugs ). I will only focus on what the Act has in store for pharmacies and will highlight the most important provisions for the pharmacy industry. The Act – at its core – gives CMS ability to negotiate drug prices for Medicare and Medicaid plans.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 16, 2024

The collaboration will now run until 2026. The partnership, which began in 2018, was previously extended in 2021. Vertex and Genomics Expand Partnership to Advance Drug Development Vertex and Genomics have been collaborating to develop transformative medicines for serious diseases.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2024

Texas-based Memorial Hermann Health System will also work with the autonomous delivery and logistics company to integrate drone-based transport for specialty prescriptions and medical supplies directly to patient homes in the Houston area beginning in 2026, the health system said.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 29, 2024

2026) hails from small-town Indiana and worked for three years as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before attending law school. Our traditional crisis care system is failing and, as a result, millions of people are not receiving the treatment they deserve. A “third place” is just what we need.

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Hanys

APRIL 21, 2023

The HANYS-supported legislation would avert billions of dollars in cuts to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program through federal fiscal year 2026. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael Burgess (R-TX), introduced H.R. 2665, the Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act , this week.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2024

Epic expects the first of the buildings will be occupied in early 2026. Sci-Fi, part of the Storybook campus, is expected to open in June. Guilds and Creatures, both part of the Wizards Academy campus, are slated to open in fall.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Set to begin in the FFY 2026 payment year, CMS will be using data on inpatient stays from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. Background Congress mandated the Hospital VBP Program in 2010 to reward acute care hospitals for the quality of care provided in the inpatient setting.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics previously projected that more than 275,000 additional nurses are needed by 2030, anticipating that employment opportunities for nurses would grow faster than all other occupations from 2016 through 2026. However, nurse burnout exploded during the pandemic, increasing the need to train more nurses in the U.S.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 16, 2019

Healthcare is an industry that’s projected to grow a whopping 18 percent between 2016 and 2026. If you have a desire to enter healthcare to help people, you have plenty of options available that pay well. What if you […].

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

This is a change from the Proposed Rule, which proposed to have the requirement take effect on January 1, 2026. Impacted Payers will be required to submit annual Patient Access API usage data metrics to CMS beginning January 1, 2026. Impacted Payers must implement this requirement by January 1, 2027.

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Compliancy Group

MAY 22, 2024

The earliest the Final Rule will be enforced against employers is July 20, 2026. The new workplace labeling, hazard communication program, and additional employee training requirements for substances will not be enforced against employers until July 20, 2026. What Does the Final Rule Do?

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 11, 2024

Open enrollment is targeted for early 2026. . – The initial offering, Lightpath Metabolic, focuses on empowering individuals with cardiometabolic conditions to achieve and maintain their health goals.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

You’ll see it in the video, but they’re making it so the findings of any research that is funded by the government has to be made available for free (goes into effect in 2026). Seems reasonable if the taxpayers are funding the research that they’d get access to the results.

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