Original Medicare rarely needs prior authorization, but nearly 99% of Medicare Advantage plans require it for expensive or specialized care. Starting in 2026, new CMS mandates require Medicare plans ...

“We’re proposing some of the most significant Medicare reforms in recent years to strengthen primary care, expand accountable care, and modernize physician payment,” said CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet ...

While original Medicare may cover many services under Part A (inpatient care) and Part B (outpatient care), it often does not cover services considered nonmedically necessary, such as hearing aids, ...

Editorial Note: This brief was updated in March 2026 to reflect the results of the second round of Medicare drug price negotiation and details about the third cycle of the negotiation program, ...

There is no separating the growth of the Web from the need for headless CMS and composable CMS architectures. The smartphone allowed us to consume content on the go, and the Internet of Things (IoT) ...

Infostellar Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CONTEC, which marks the start of a strategic collaboration to enhance Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) capabilities for ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against a Chinese medical device manufacturer and its Miami-based reseller, alleging deceptive business practices and citing cybersecurity ...

On January 30, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released medical advisory ICSMA-25-030-01, highlighting critical vulnerabilities in the Contec CMS8000 patient monitors ...

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A hidden backdoor function embedded in the firmware of the Contec CMS8000 patient monitor has been identified by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The vulnerability, ...

The FDA issued an alert regarding several cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Contec patient monitors, which could allow cyberthreat actors to bypass security controls, cause the device to crash or take ...

Contec CMS8000, a patient monitor manufactured by a Chinese company, and Epsimed MN-120, which is the same monitor but relabeled, exfiltrate patients’ data to a hard-coded IP address and have a ...