The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) recently released a report titled: “Administrative AI: Current Use and Potential Impact.” The report was based on a workshop PHTI convened with senior leaders from health systems, health plans, technology developers, investment firms, and federal agencies in order to discuss how technology and policy can enable AI to reduce…
Quantum Health is one of the biggest and original navigation companies. Dayne Williams came out of retirement to take over as CEO after Zane Burke retired for personal reasons (to care for a relative). Quantum has in recent months added two acquisitions, Embold Health that analyzes which are the best doctors to go to, and…
High-deductible plans can look like a deal, until the bills start rolling in. On this episode of the NPR podcast Life Kit, reporter Jackie Fortiér breaks down what to expect and how to prepare. A lot of people choose their health insurance the way they shop for a flight — sort by the lowest price…
Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration halt plans to collect sensitive medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members. The Office of Personnel Management has asked 65 insurance companies to provide monthly reports with detailed medical and pharmaceutical claims data of more than 8 million people…
By the time she was hospitalized in 2020, Pearlene Darby, a retired teacher, had suffered open sores on both legs, both hips, and both heels, as well as a five-inch-long gash on her tailbone. She died two weeks later at age 81 from infections and bedsores, according to her death certificate. Her daughter sued the…
Philippe Pouletty is a physician who’s an inventor, French venture capitalist, and the founder of Carvolix. Carvolix is a medical technology company that is introducing AI into cardiology. Before Carvolix, Philippe was the founder of Abivax, which makes drugs for chronic inflammatory diseases like ulcerative colitis. He’s been working on helping French medical products develop…
This is the question that a recent AJMCcommentary by William Shrank, Ellen Kelsay, and Mark Fendrick aims to answer. When talking about cell and gene therapies, the authors argue that cost sharing is not being used to avoid unnecessary use of low value care, but rather as a form of rationing that creates disparities in…
Depending on whom you ask, Alfred Engelberg could be a hero or a villain in the story of American pharmaceuticals. The patent lawyer helped write legislation that led to a dramatic increase in the number of generic drugs on the market. He also contributed to a patent system that gives pharmaceutical companies monopolies on their…
BRISTOL, Conn. — Many hospital systems in Connecticut have stopped suing their patients over unpaid bills, stung by criticism about the harm caused by aggressive collection tactics. But physicians, dentists, ambulance companies, and other health care providers are still taking their patients to court, a Connecticut Mirror-KFF Health News investigation of state legal records shows….
Peter Stetson is the CMIO of Tiger Connect. It’s now calling itself an AI platform to connect people, especially workflows between doctors, nurses, EMTs and devices. Until recently he was CMIO at Memorial Sloan Kettering, so I asked him about what the real problems in communications were. He believes it’s all about routing the calls…