Policy and Legislation

28 provider and payer organizations have made a voluntary commitment to move towards the safe, secure and trustworthy purchasing and use of AI. 

The HTI-1 final rule advances patient access, interoperability and standards, says HHS.

The House passed H.R. 5378, a bill aimed at transparency in hospital pricing that also addresses PBM spread pricing.

AHA supports the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) provision that would suspend Medicaid disproportionate share reductions for two years.

Physicians preferred the answers to medical questions provided by Google's Med-PaLM to those written by other physicians, says Dr. Michael Howell, the company's chief clinical officer. He discussed the experimentation with and evolution of the medically tuned LLM.  

Rion is working with the Mayo Clinic and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute to heal those who have suffered acute lung injury, says CEO and cofounder Dr. Atta Behfar.

The suit alleges the company uses the algorithm to "prematurely and in bad faith" halt payments for healthcare services.

The bill would introduce more transparency and regulation to PBMs, and pharmacies would be required to report costs for medications.

Data is needed for good decisions. Enactment of the European Health Data Space would provide secure access, says Maria Hassel from the Swedish eHealth Agency.  

Lawmakers are concerned that CMS' 2024 final Part C and D rule may not adequately address MA plans' increased reliance on AI.