AI should augment, not replace, human provider expertise. Explainability empowers healthcare professionals to work in tandem with AI, ensuring that patients receive the most accurate and informed care. The post Unlocking AI Explainability for Trustworthy Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Las nuevas inscripciones bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) parecen ser hasta un millón menos que el número récord del año pasado, especialmente por problemas con el programa que enfrenta la saliente administración Biden. La reelección de Donald Trump para un segundo mandato ha generado incertidumbre sobre el futuro de…
It’s open enrollment season for the Affordable Care Act — and there are ongoing challenges. First up, enrollment. New and returning sign-ups through healthcare.gov — the federal marketplace that serves 31 states — are well below last year’s rate. New enrollments were just over 730,000 in early December, compared with 1.5 million at the same time last year. To give consumers in those states more time to…
This analysis finds that Medicare’s negotiated prices for 10 high-expenditure prescription drugs are lower than what private Medicare drug plans had been paying, but still much higher than the prices available in 11 other wealthy nations.. It is available on the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.
This volume explores narratives linking vaccines to autism and misleading claims about the benefits of raw milk. It examines how trust and perceived expertise influence misinformation and AI’s role in spreading false mental health information.
Patient eligibility verification is a critical part of the healthcare revenue cycle. It can help prevent errors with claim submissions, reduce denials, boost the bottom line, and help patients understand what their insurance will cover. However, checking insurance eligibility isn’t always efficient or accurate, thanks to outdated systems and complicated manual processes. Ever-evolving payer requirements…
New enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many as a million as the outgoing Biden administration confronts upheavals in the program. Donald Trump’s election to a second term has cast uncertainty around the future of the health law. In addition, the Biden administration implemented…
Tom Contos is an avid runner. When he started experiencing rectal bleeding in March, he thought exercise could be the cause and tried to ignore it. But he became increasingly worried when the bleeding continued for weeks. The Chicago health care consultant contacted his physician at Northwestern Medicine, who referred him for a diagnostic colonoscopy,…
Danielle Vaeth is Head of Growth and Strategic Development at Qbtech, a company that helps diagnose ADHD, working mostly with virtual providers. They use facial recognition and tracking to do this. Qbtech can diagnose 50% more patients than self-reporting and has approval from a big NHS study, the FDA and many peer-reviewed studies. They raised…
This is part 3 of Jeff Goldsmith’s history of managed care. If you missed it read Part 1 & Part 2 By JEFF GOLDSMITH Two major changes in health insurance ensued as the US health system entered the 21st century- a strategic shift of health cost risk from providers to patients and the emergence of machine…