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By MICHAEL MILLENSON Treating artificial intelligence as just one ingredient in a business success recipe was a prominent theme at the MedCity INVEST 2025 conference, with this AI “best practice” advice epitomized by high-profile start-ups Inato and Prenosis. “You need to build a business model that makes sense, then use AI,” cautioned Raffi Boyajian, principal…
It’s time to debunk sustainability myths in health care and get to the heart of why sustainable supply chain practices are not only the right step forward, but also offer inherent advantages on the financial savings and patient satisfaction front. The post Sustainability as a Supply Chain Business Strategy: What Leaders Should Know appeared first…
Application rationalization shouldn’t be a cleanup project — it should be a pillar of the M&A investment thesis, with clear ROI tied to cost savings, risk mitigation, and innovation readiness. The post The Strategic Power of Application Rationalization in Healthcare M&A appeared first on MedCity News.
The substantial Medicaid savings in the reconciliation bill that has been passed by the House could have major implications for nearly 15,000 federally certified nursing facilities and the 1.2 million people living in them. Nursing facilities provide medical and personal care services for older adults and people with disabilities, and Medicaid covered 44% of long-term institutional…
This analysis documents average deductibles for Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans available on Healthcare.gov in 2025 for all metal tiers, including silver plans after cost-sharing reductions are applied, as well as trend data since 2014.
Some critics of Medicaid expansion have argued that expansion diverts resources away from other groups of Medicaid enrollees, including people with disabilities and children, and that expansion enrollees are “able-bodied” implying they have minimal health care needs. However, data show that expansion states spend more per enrollee overall and on each eligibility group than non-expansion…
Colton George felt sick. The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt. He kept running to the bathroom and felt too ill to finish a basketball game. Days later, he lay in a hospital bed, fighting for his life. He had eaten tainted salad, according to a lawsuit against the lettuce grower filed…
GLOBE, Ariz. — Like many residents of this copper-mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix, Debbie Cox knows plenty of people on Medicaid. Cox, who is a property manager at a real estate company in Globe, has tenants who rely on the safety-net program. And at the domestic violence shelter where she volunteers as…
Rocket Pharmaceuticals adjusted the clinical trial design to include use of approved drug to avert an excessive immune response to its Danon disease gene therapy. The patient who died was one of two who received this drug under the revised protocol. The post Death in Rocket Pharma Gene Therapy Study Puts Spotlight on Trial Change…