The settlement reached in October 2024 has been finalized. A fund is being set up for the estimated 3 million claimants, as BCBS pledges to reform its BlueCard health plans.

The initial incident happened in April. Since that time, the notorious cybercrime cell Interlock has claimed responsibility. A data dump from the breach was put up for sale on the dark web.

Many make federal reimbursement plans into an issue about high-paid specialists complaining about pay cuts, but these fees also compensate nurses, technicians, support staff and administrators. Payment keeps the doors of brick-and-mortar medical practices open, MGMA warns.

When used topically, the agent penetrates the skin and generates a fluorescent signal under the guidance of a fluorescent confocal microscope.

“We believe that any iatrogenic complication should be reported,” the study's authors wrote. “No patient expects to be discharged from hospital with a new diaphragmatic deficit without being informed."

The organization is under fire after the patient’s wife charged that it could have prevented her husband’s untimely death. 

Positron made the move to help its case when it files an official Form 10 registration statement with the SEC.

Cardiology faces one of its most challenging decades ahead, with mounting pressures from workforce shortages, an aging population and declining reimbursements. To remain sustainable, practices are forced to rethink how care is delivered from the ground up.

Most organizations trying out generative AI—a full 95%—are failing to receive a measurable return on the pilot investment. 

Effective Feb. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is no longer issuing separate payment for 3D rendering of imaging services (covered by CPT codes 76376 and 76377).