The letter is an extraordinary rebuke of the Trump administration’s actions against the NIH, which include: terminating hundreds of grants funding scientific and biomedical research; firing more than 1,000 employees this year; and moving to end billions in funds to partner institutions overseas. The post ‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the…
This brief highlights key facts about Medicare beneficiaries living in rural areas, including their demographic and health characteristics, access to care, and satisfaction with care.
Managing routine radiology does not require the administrative burden of prior authorization. Instead, health plans can implement post-service, pre-payment automated management based on clinical guidelines. The post Managing Routine Radiology: An Opportunity to Control Costs and Improve Care appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief reviews the latest data on the 988 LGBTQI+ service and explores its future, including recent uncertainties.
[Sponsored] AI can free up 20% of nurses’ time by reducing documentation, which takes up to 60% of their shifts, helping combat burnout and improve patient care. The post 7 Ways AI Is Helping Nurses and Transforming Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Modern technology with AI at its center is creating unique opportunities to approach healthcare challenges in ways that weren’t possible just a few years back. The post How Technology Is Personalizing Healthcare in 2025 appeared first on MedCity News.
“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.” Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets…
Major changes could be in store for the more than 24 million people with health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, including how and when they can enroll, the paperwork required, and, crucially, the premiums they pay. A driver behind these changes is the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” the name given to spending and tax…
By MIKE MAGEE Let me be the first to introduce you to Claude Elwood Shannon. If you have never heard of him but consider yourself informed and engaged, including at the interface of AI and Medicine, don’t be embarrassed. I taught a semester of “AI and Medicine” in 2024 and only recently was introduced to “Claude.” Let’s begin…
That is the topic of a Health Affairs Forefront article by Neprash, Perkins and Mehrotra (2025). This is an important question as approximately one in four visits are now provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) across the Medicare program. NPs and PAs can either bill payers one of two ways: They can…