From January through June, the Office of Civil Rights tallied 256 hacks and information breaches, up from 149 for the same period a year ago. It’s a continuing trend from last year: Cybersecurity outfit Sophos reports that in 2021, attacks on health systems were up 66 percent over 2020.
Top senators unveiled a bipartisan bill Wednesday that aims to curb the high cost of insulin, a lifesaving drug that some Americans have struggled to pay for as prices of the medicine have soared. The legislation from Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) is the product of months of work to forge a compromise. But ...
Affordable Care Act officials need to start letting consumers know that enhanced subsidies will be in place for next year, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said. But Congress has yet to pass legislation extending the boosted subsidies past this year, causing new alarm from CMS and state-run exchanges as ...
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday that a group health plan in Ohio didn’t violate federal law by offering limited coverage for outpatient dialysis in a case brought by DaVita, one of the largest dialysis providers in the United States. The court sided with Marietta Memorial Hospital’s employee health plan, with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh writing in ...
Shortly after arriving Wednesday morning at the Southern Nevada Health District Community Health Center, Las Vegan Christy Ruffolo feels like she can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Or she’s well on her way, at least. Ruffolo was onsite with her 2-year-old daughter Stella and was one of several dozen parents who brought their little ...
For two years, Syd Winlock has had a major burden lifted from his surgically repaired shoulder. Federal subsidies passed as part of a temporary pandemic relief package have drastically cut how much he pays in healthcare premiums, allowing the Sacramento-area small-business owner to purchase an insurance plan that provided better coverage for his shoulder and knee replacements.