Intermountain Exec: AI Tools Bolster Efficiency of Appeals Workflows
Written appeals that used to take up to two hours now take about 33 minutes,…
Intermountain Exec: AI Tools Bolster Efficiency of Appeals Workflows
Written appeals that used to take up to two hours now take about 33 minutes, says Utah-based health system’s Beau Bailey, M.D.
AI Won’t Fix Social Care, But Could It Help Us Finally Make It Work?
AI could play a meaningful role in advancing social care. Not by replacing people, but by helping them and organizations doing this work move faster, see patterns earlier, and coordinate more effectively. The post AI Won’t Fix Social Care, But Could It Help Us Finally Make It Work? appeared first on MedCity News.
The Legal and Policy Landscape of Crisis Pregnancy Centers
This brief examines the legal status of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, attempts to regulate them, and future efforts to expand their footprints as they gain more recognition and funding from local, state, and federal programs.
Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities
About half of rural voters identify with Make America Healthy Again, a sprawling political movement championed by the Trump administration, but most said President Donald Trump’s healthcare policies have not benefited their communities, according to a new poll from The Associated Press in partnership with KFF. About 8 in 10 rural voters — an important…
US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation from 2025 may be greater than anticipated. Many lawfully present immigrants will be among the first people to lose Medicaid…
Drugs Are Widely Used To Sedate Dementia Patients. Her Sons Wanted To Keep Her Off Them.
In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old mother was a major safety threat. On at least 10 days the previous month, Tingley had hit, kicked, or elbowed aides when they were…
These 100 Nursing Homes Face Perilous Flood Risk. Minnesota Shows What Can Happen.
NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise. Inside the New Richland Care Center, staff members rushed to move 36 residents out of the building on Sept. 19 while they still could. They pushed elderly residents in wheelchairs through 4-inch-deep water to buses waiting in the parking lot,…
Thinking of Healthcare Reform as a Movement
By TOMMY BEVERIDGE Thought experiment. What if the United States had a vast network of primary care-oriented non-profit health clinics? Imagine if there were, say, 17,000 locations in the most needed corners of our country? What if these clinics had to see everyone, had to offer a sliding fee scale for their services, and be…
Tiny Health Secures $33M to Expand Microbiome Testing
Tiny Health’s Series B round was led by B Capital, with participation from Spero Ventures, The Venture City, Overwater Ventures, Black Opal Ventures, Denver Ventures, Pave Health Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels and Pari Passu Ventures. The post Tiny Health Secures $33M to Expand Microbiome Testing appeared first on MedCity News.
Unite Us, Instacart Link Care Coordination and Grocery Benefits to Scale Food-as-Medicine
Unite Us and Instacart announced Tuesday that they are partnering to connect healthcare organizations’ care coordination efforts with grocery benefits, with the aim of making food-as-medicine programs easier to launch and operate at scale. The post Unite Us, Instacart Link Care Coordination and Grocery Benefits to Scale Food-as-Medicine appeared first on MedCity News.
