2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey
The 2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey came out last week. Here are some key findings:…
2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey
The 2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey came out last week. Here are some key findings: Premium costs The average annual premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in 2025 are $9,325 for single coverage and $26,993 for family coverage. Over the last year, the average single premium increased by 5% and the average family premium increased by…
Mayo Clinic-Backed Corvus Launches to Fix the Surgical Referrals Process
Corvus, a Chicago-based startup aiming to simplify the surgical referrals process, announced its launch. The company’s AI platform helps healthcare teams manage inbound surgical referrals more efficiently, ensuring patients are routed to the right treatment while also optimizing operating room utilization. The post Mayo Clinic-Backed Corvus Launches to Fix the Surgical Referrals Process appeared first…
Halo, Heresy, and Health Care
By KIM BELLARD If you are of a certain age – say, mine, that is to say, a Baby Boomer – last week’s announcement that Microsoft was going to release a new version of Halo on Sony’s PlayStation console may have passed you by. So what, you might have said? If, on the other hand,…
Global Disease Outbreaks: A 2025 Snapshot and Implications for the U.S.
A snapshot of disease outbreaks, with human transmission, that have occurred globally thus far in 2025, using multiple official sources.
DPC Physicians Are Running Blind Without Clinical Data
Real-time access to clinical data would reduce the wasted time and effort tracking down referral records and enable a more proactive, rather than reactive, approach to patient treatment plans. The post DPC Physicians Are Running Blind Without Clinical Data appeared first on MedCity News.
The Next Phase of Surgical Robotics
Technology advancements like imaging will overlap with changing commercialization models and new hospital realities to enable entirely new patient impacts and economic models. The post The Next Phase of Surgical Robotics appeared first on MedCity News.
Heard at HLTH 2025: Healthcare Executives Highlight AI, ROI, and Fertility Tech. (Video)
[Sponsored] They shared new developments, their views on AI, and what they’re doing to disrupt the status quo in healthcare. The post Heard at HLTH 2025: Healthcare Executives Highlight AI, ROI, and Fertility Tech. (Video) appeared first on MedCity News.
Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay
Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to the closest hospital, Platte Valley Hospital. A shaken Hughes was examined in the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with bruising,…
So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?
Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family’s health care might soon be upended. MU Health Care, where most of her family’s doctors work, was mired in a contract dispute with Wingler’s health insurer, Anthem. The existing contract was…
MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Chat With AWS Chief Medical Officer Rowland Illing
Dr. Rowland Illing explained how life science companies and health systems are leveraing AWS HealthLake to transform healthcare. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Chat With AWS Chief Medical Officer Rowland Illing appeared first on MedCity News.
