Bridging Gaps in Rural Healthcare: How AI and Collaboration Drive Efficiency
Pivot Point Consulting provides readiness assessments to ensure successful AI implementation
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Cigna Getting Out of Individual ACA Market
Other earnings-season takeaways related to insurance exchanges: Hospital companies are sticking to their loss estimates and Pediatrix executives had a non-event take.
Odyssey’s IPO Brings In $304M for Quest to Develop Better Immunology Drugs
Ulcerative colitis is the lead indication for Odyssey Therapeutics’ internally discovered lead drug candidate. With the IPO proceeds, Odyssey plans mid-stage clinical trials evaluating the small molecule in combination with Takeda’s Entyvio and as a monotherapy. The post Odyssey’s IPO Brings In $304M for Quest to Develop Better Immunology Drugs appeared first on MedCity News.
The Make America Healthy Again Movement Comes for Hospital Food
Hospital food rarely draws rave reviews. But efforts by the Trump administration to get hospitals to ditch unhealthy fare are facing criticism for going too far. The Department of Health and Human Services sent notices to hospitals asking them to align their food purchases with the administration’s 2025-30 dietary guidelines to ensure continued eligibility for…
Enhancing Hospital Cyber Resilience: The New CRR Program by Joint Commission and AHA
CRR provides a self-assessment tool and expert review to evaluate hospitals’ ability to sustain clinical operations amid cyber disruptions
Adapting Healthcare Payments While Facing Financial Pressure and Economic Uncertainty
Practices that embrace automation, interoperability, and consumer-grade payment experiences will reduce risk, strengthen cash flow, and build lasting trust with the patients they serve. Those that delay will continue absorbing avoidable costs and volatility. The post Adapting Healthcare Payments While Facing Financial Pressure and Economic Uncertainty appeared first on MedCity News.
When There’s No Appointment Available, Patients Are Opening ChatGPT
The limitations of general-purpose AI in an emotional support context aren’t what it says. They’re about what it can’t detect, including the markers of acute distress that a purpose-built system is specifically architected to recognize. The post When There’s No Appointment Available, Patients Are Opening ChatGPT appeared first on MedCity News.
A Look at the GENEROUS Model and Factors That Could Impact Medicaid Drug Costs
This issue brief provides background on the GENEROUS model, examines the factors that will contribute to the model’s overall impact on Medicaid drug costs, and illustrates how savings will depend on model details that are confidential or uncertain at this time.
How States Can Succeed Under the Rural Health Transformation Program
Is $50 billion over five years enough to end the rural healthcare crisis or even offset the federal spending cuts? No – but it’s what states have to work with. And the pressure is on them to maximize the impact of their RHTP grants. Here’s how they can do it. The post How States Can…
In California Governor Race, Single-Payer Is a Litmus Test. There’s Still No Way To Pay for It.
When Gavin Newsom ran for California governor in 2018, his support for a state-run single-payer healthcare system was considered a risky move and earned him hefty labor endorsements. Today, leading Democrats in the wide-open race to succeed Newsom have embraced single-payer as a political necessity, an answer to voters fed up with rising premiums and…