VBC Operations & Infrastructure
Expert articles and analysis related to vbc operations & infrastructure.
AI Summary — Last 24 Hours
Synthesis:
In the last 24 hours, CMS announced four proposed Medicare payment rules, including a 2.4% increase for home-based hospice providers that sector leaders caution “barely keeps up with inflation,” underscoring ongoing tensions between operational costs and reimbursement in value-based models (hospice payment proposal). Simultaneously, enforcement pressures remain prominent as Aetna agreed to a $117.7 million settlement over Medicare Advantage false claims, highlighting heightened regulatory scrutiny in risk-bearing arrangements (Aetna settlement).
Related Articles
Respiratory Question for the Week of April 6, 2026
Under what conditions can we bill for 94640 and 94664 on the same date of service?
Resetting the role of the health care supply chain from cost center to governance driver
Resetting the role of the health care supply chain from cost center to governance driver Modern Healthcare
What's inside National University Hospital's latest health tech hub?
The National University Hospital in Singapore has launched an innovation hub that serves as both an incubator and a real-world sandbox for testing, validating, and scaling AI and digital health soluti...
Are BP rings the future of ward monitoring?
South Korean company Sky Labs is pushing cuffless, ring-type blood pressure monitoring into hospital wards, working to automate routine vital sign checks.Recently, it launched the CART ON system, whic...
The physician-in-triage model and rapid evaluation in emergency medicine
Most emergency departments feel perpetually behind. The waiting room fills, ambulances stack, and staff move quickly yet still feel behind. The reflex explanation everyone gives is capacity. We need m...
General Question for the Week of April 6, 2026
What is the AMA's stance on generative AI?
Why Medicaid Program Integrity Is a Team Sport
Why Medicaid Program Integrity Is a Team Sport Fierce Healthcare
Study finds smart glasses boost AI scribe accuracy and more briefs
Flinders study tests vision-enabled AI scribeResearchers at Flinders University have tested a vision-enabled AI clinical scribe combining Google Gemini and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and found improve...
Confronting the reality of bullying in medicine today
I still remember the first time I saw what bullying in medicine could do to a physician in training. It was not loud at first. It was not always obvious. It came wrapped in authority, tone, pressure, ...
Building Smarter Workflows: Transforming Onboarding and Optimization in Healthcare
Building Smarter Workflows: Transforming Onboarding and Optimization in Healthcare Becker's Hospital Review