How Smarter AI Strikes Back for Hospitals

[Sponsored] In an interview with MedCity News, Smarter Technologies CEO Jeremy Delinsky talked about the newly formed business Smarter Technologies and his ambition to automate hospitals’ revenue management capabilities with AI, which lags 2-5 years behind that of payers. The post How Smarter AI Strikes Back for Hospitals appeared first on MedCity News.

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Housing, Nutrition in Peril as Trump Pulls Back Medicaid Social Services

During his first administration, President Donald Trump’s top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid money for social services not traditionally covered by health insurance. It was a first-in-the-nation experiment to funnel health care money into housing, nutrition, and other social services. Some poor and disabled Medicaid patients became eligible for benefits, including…

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And Now for Some Fun Future

By KIM BELLARD I feel like I’ve been writing a lot about futures I was pretty worried about, so I’m pleased to have a couple developments to talk about that help remind me that technology is cool and that healthcare can surely use more of it. First up is a new AI algorithm called FaceAge,…

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Alzheimer’s Disease Now Has Its First FDA-Cleared Blood Test

Fujirebio Diagnostics’ blood test for Alzheimer’s disease offers a less expensive and less invasive alternative compared to medical imaging and tests of cerebrospinal fluid. But competition looms from blood-based tests in development by other diagnostics companies. The post Alzheimer’s Disease Now Has Its First FDA-Cleared Blood Test appeared first on MedCity News.

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