Performing well in controlled settings is only part of the picture, the harder question is whether AI is being integrated into clinical workflows in ways that keep responsibility, authority, and accountability properly aligned. The post Healthcare and AI are in Need of Relationship Counseling appeared first on MedCity News.
Ascension is set to acquire Williamson Health, a county-owned health system in Tennessee, in a deal worth nearly $1 billion. Ascension’s offer beat out bids from HCA Healthcare and Optum. The post Ascension to Buy Tennessee Health System for Nearly $1B appeared first on MedCity News.
Elevance filed a lawsuit last week against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, alleging that CMS unlawfully refused to recalculate Elevance’s 2026 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings on the same basis that it recently recalculated Clover Health’s ratings after a court ruling. The post Elevance Sues CMS…
Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ acquisition of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals values the company at about $10 billion. Crinetics’s Palsonify could become a new standard of care therapy for acromegaly and the biotech also brings other drugs in various stages of development for endocrine disorders, a new therapeutic area for Vertex. The post Vertex Pharma’s Growth Strategy Leads to Its…
AI performs best where a problem is well-defined, data-intensive, repetitive and operates at a scale that exceeds human tracking capacity. The supply chain hits all four. The post The AI Use Case That Healthcare is Overlooking appeared first on MedCity News.
Patients, providers, and innovators all benefit from secure, trusted, nationwide data exchange. But this trust cannot sustain itself on fragmented governance or competitive enforcement dynamics. The post The Foundation Is Built — Now We Must Secure the Future of Interoperability appeared first on MedCity News.
Testosterone is not just a “male hormone.” Women need it too. And pretending otherwise has left countless women struggling through midlife while being told everything looks “normal.” The post The Truth About Testosterone in Women: What Medicine Has Overlooked appeared first on MedCity News.
A new report finds private equity firms are increasingly using joint ventures with nonprofit health systems to expand in healthcare, prompting calls for greater oversight. The post Report Highlights Private Equity’s Lesser-Known Strategy: Nonprofit Joint Ventures appeared first on MedCity News.
Penn Medicine is integrating K Health’s AI-powered patient intake agents into its virtual primary care service. The health system says the goal is to free up time for patient care rather than information-gathering. The post Why Penn Medicine Is Deploying AI Agents for Patient Intake appeared first on MedCity News.
Myricx Bio brings to Novartis antibody drug conjugates with a novel cancer-killing payload called an NMT inhibitor. Novartis says Myricx’s drugs could have advantages over currently available ADCs as well as those still in clinical development. The post A $1B Acquisition Gives Novartis a Way to Stand Out in Crowded Area of Cancer appeared first…