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STAT+: HCA to expand the use of AI tool to automate clinical documentation in ER

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HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, is planning to expand the use of an artificial intelligence tool to document doctor-patient interactions in its emergency rooms. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: How a major hospital shows just how inflated hospital list prices are

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Hospitals’ list prices for surgeries, therapies, and other procedures always come with massive discounts. Financial documents at a prominent hospital system in Los Angeles show just how large those discounts are — and how raw of a deal uninsured patients could be getting. 30, according to new financial documents.

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STAT+: Hospital giant Ascension recorded about $1.3 billion in losses from its cyberattack

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The cyberattack that forced Ascension to shut off access to its electronic health records cost the nonprofit hospital system roughly $1.3 billion, according to STAT’s analysis of financial documents the health system released Tuesday evening. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: DOJ investigating Community Health Systems’ hospitals

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Community Health Systems is facing a new federal probe into its hospital billing practices more than four years after the hospital chain settled separate allegations of fraudulent overbilling. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Biden administration ignores calls to bolster hospital price transparency

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The federal government will not modify regulations that dictate how hospitals publish their prices for consumers, ignoring pleas from patient advocates who have said hospitals still are not fully complying with the 3-year-old law. The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed an annual rule that sets payment rates for hospitals.

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STAT+: Microsoft to embed AI tool for clinical documentation in Epic’s health records software

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Microsoft on Thursday said it will launch its artificial intelligence tool for automating clinical documentation within health records software made by Epic, a move to embed the technology in health systems nationwide. Epic is the nation’s largest seller of software used to record and analyze patient health records.

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STAT+: Hospital systems’ investment income perked up at end of 2022

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Large hospital systems’ investments rebounded heavily in the final quarter of 2022, according to a new STAT analysis of financial filings. STAT analyzed the financial documents of 37 tax-exempt, not-for-profit health systems covering the last three months of 2022.

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