Morning Headlines 11/12/24
VA proposes to eliminate copays for telehealth, expand access to telehealth for rural Veterans
The VA considers doing away with copays for all of its telehealth services and establishing a grant program to fund an expansion of its Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations programs, which serves veterans in rural areas.
Embargo Ransomware Gang Sets Deadline to Leak Hospital Data
The Embargo ransomware group threatens to publish data stolen from Memorial Hospital and Manor (GA) last week unless its ransom demands are met before November 12.
Provider enablement company Astrana Health will acquire Prospect Health’s hospital and medical groups, pharmacy, health plan, and managed services organization for $745 million.
Giving a patient medications in the ER, having them pop positive on a test, and then withholding further medications because…