Minnesota Community Measurement Pioneers Digital Quality Measurement
Liz Cinqueonce, the nonprofit organization’s CEO, discusses the creation of a payer-provider pipeline to ease data sharing to enable value-based care
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Imagine Advanced Digital Surgery, Anywhere, for Everyone
While it might take another decade for widespread advanced digital surgery, the foundations are being laid today. The post Imagine Advanced Digital Surgery, Anywhere, for Everyone appeared first on MedCity News.
Building Service Infrastructure for “Made-To-Order” Therapies
By reimagining clinical trials as the initial step in designing a service ecosystem, organizations can accelerate time to delivery and lay the groundwork for successful commercialization. The post Building Service Infrastructure for “Made-To-Order” Therapies appeared first on MedCity News.
Who Might Lose Eligibility for Affordable Care Act Marketplace Subsidies if Enhanced Tax Credits Are Not Extended?
This analysis looks at the individual market enrollees who make at least four times the federal poverty level who would no longer be eligible for any tax credits if the current ACA Marketplace enhanced subsidies expire at the end of this year. Compared to other people with similar incomes, these enrollees are more likely to…
Navigating the Maze: A Look at Health Insurance Complexities and Consumer Protections
This brief discusses how consumers understand what their insurance covers, what to do when coverage for care is denied, and what protections exist to ensure that information is available and coverage determinations are fair, accurate, and timely.
Home Improvements Can Help People Age Independently. But Medicare Seldom Picks Up the Bill.
Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time. In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet. Then Tsubaki took part in an innovative care initiative that, over four months, sent an occupational therapist, a nurse, and a handy worker to…
States Facing Doctor Shortages Ease Licensing Rules for Foreign-Trained Physicians
A growing number of states have made it easier for doctors who trained in other countries to get medical licenses, a shift supporters say could ease physician shortages in rural areas. The changes involve residency programs — the supervised, hands-on training experience that doctors must complete after graduating medical school. Until recently, every state required…
Unlocking the power of sensor data in type 2 diabetes care
By GABRIELLE GOLDBLATT Highly relevant, high-resolution data streams are essential to high-stakes decision making across industries. You wouldn’t expect an investment banker making deals without full market visibility or a grocery store to stock shelves without data on what’s selling and what’s not—so why are we not leaning more into data-driven approaches in healthcare? Sensor-based…
The value of knowing is not always positive
An interesting article by Ciancio et al. (2025) which examines the impact of learning one has HIV when no treatment is available. When there is no treatment available for a life-threatening disease, providing personal health information could lead to despair or fatalistic behaviors resulting in negative health outcomes. We document this possibility utilizing an experiment…
5 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in February
Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in February. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 5 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in February appeared first on MedCity News.