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Diagnosis Added To Some Medicare Advantage Enrollees’ Chart Review Record Led To Increased Federal Payments
December 2, 2025Among enrollees who have at least one chart review record, 17% had a diagnosis added that increased payments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to their Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, according to a recent analysis by KFF,… -
Outpatient Follow-Up Within 30 Days Of Discharge Is Associated With Lower Risk Of Readmission
December 2, 2025Post-discharge outpatient follow-up visits within 30 days reduced the risk of hospital readmission among older adults, according to the results of a recent study. The analysis was based on 83 studies that reported 30-day all-cause readmissions for outpatient follow-up visits… -
Senior Living Companies Account For 15 Of 48 Health Care Company Bankruptcies In 2025
December 2, 2025Bankruptcies in the senior care sector through the third quarter (Q3) of 2025 have exceeded filings for 2024 and equaled those of 2023 (15 filings just through Q3 2025 vs. 11 for all of 2024 and 15 for all of… -
Survey Of Japanese Consumers Shows Openness To Using Robot Caregivers
December 2, 2025With people aged 65 and older accounting for 29.3% of the population in Japan in 2024, many of whom require long-term care, and with a shortage of 570,000 care workers projected by 2040, home-care robots could alleviate caregiver burden and… -
Risk For Hearing Loss Significantly Higher For Those With Type 2 Diabetes
December 2, 2025The risk of hearing loss for individuals with type 2 diabetes is 4.19 times higher than those without diabetes, according to recent research. Levels of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)—average blood glucose (sugar) levels over a period—appear to be correlated with the… -
Kansas Audit Flags Issues In KanCare Oversight, MCO Claim Denial
December 2, 2025The Kansas Office of the Inspector General (IG) identified issues with the state’s KanCare Medicaid program managed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) related to concerns raised by hospital provider organizations. Concerns included cost control strategies, utilization… -
Framework Proposed To Align Health System SDOH Initiatives With EHR & Value-Based Models
December 2, 2025Researchers have proposed a framework and a roadmap for learning health systems (LHS) to advance equity in digital health care delivery by integrating data for social determinants of health (SDOH) into electronic health records (EHRs) and value-based models. The framework… -
Department Of Education Enters Agreements To Reassign Its Responsibilities To Other Agencies
December 1, 2025The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced new interagency agreements (IAAs) that will transform its structure by reassigning some of its responsibilities to other agencies. Six new partnerships were announced with the Departments of Labor (DOL), Interior (DOI), Health and… -
Cigna Creates New Copay-Centric Insurance Model, Backed By AI Care Coordination
December 1, 2025Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of The Cigna Group, created a new copay-centric insurance model, which is backed by artificial intelligence (AI) care coordination. The goal of the new Clearity insurance model is to bring greater transparency, predictability, and… -
Ingham County, Michigan, To Spend $62.5 Million On New Juvenile Facility
December 1, 2025The Ingham County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on November 12 to approve spending up to $62.5 million to build a new, 24-bed juvenile detention facility, according to news reports. The new facility will be funded with money from the…
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