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Agency Issues RFI on AI Technologies for Improving Health Care Outcomes and Service Delivery Ahead of Upcoming Demo Days; Responses Due October 7
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information (RFI) seeking information on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can improve health care outcomes and service delivery, with plans to select organizations to showcase their products during quarterly “CMS AI Demo Days” starting in October. Through this RFI, CMS is inviting health care companies, providers, and others… (Colocho, September 13, 2024) #Health Information Technology
Committee Continues Investigation of Steward Health Care’s Impact and Announces Plans to Hold Steward CEO In Contempt
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee convened a hearing to investigate the ramifications of Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy on patients and workers across eight states. This hearing is part of a broader bipartisan investigation authorized on July 25, 2024, following Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy filing on May 6, 2024. The bankruptcy was filed due to financial mismanagement, including… (Eisen, September 13, 2024) #Costs, #Delivery Reform, #Hospitals, #Physicians, #Quality, #Rural Health, #Transparency, #Workforce
Lawmakers Advance Two Bipartisan Health Care Bills, Potential Offsets in Lame Duck
Yesterday, the House Committee on Education and Workforce advanced three health care bills, including two bipartisan bills similar to bills advanced by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) (press release). These bills prohibiting anticompetitive terms in contracts and banning facility fees for telehealth could serve as offsets in a potential health package during the lame duck… (Llamas, September 12, 2024) #Insurance Reform, #Telehealth