HHS Proposes HTI-5 Rule to Streamline Certification Program
HTI-5 proposes significant regulatory updates, including removing over half of certification criteria
December 2025
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When to Use Discrete Event Simulation (DES) for the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies?
That is the title of a helpful article by Karnon and Haji Ali Afzali (Pharmacoeconomics 2014) with a subtitle A Review and Critique of the Costs and Benefits of DES. The paper starts by highlighting the 3 most common types of models: decision trees, Markovian cohort models, and individual level models. Decisions trees are useful…
AHA Invests in AI that Tackles Cardiology’s Gender Bias Problem
The American Heart Association is backing an AI startup aimed at improving detection of hard-to-diagnose conditions like cardiac amyloidosis and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The company, named Ultromics, offers a platform that analyzes routine echocardiograms to help clinicians catch disease earlier, particularly for women who are more likely to be missed. The…
5 Places to Find Affordable Partial Hospitalization Programs in Brookline
[Sponsored] Reviewing Brookline’s mental health landscape shows one provider delivers the most complete, accessible and affordable partial hospitalization program — Bournewood Health Systems leads the way. The post 5 Places to Find Affordable Partial Hospitalization Programs in Brookline appeared first on MedCity News.
FDA Approval Puts New Cytokinetics Heart Drug in Competition With Fast-Growing BMS Med
Cytokinetics drug Myqorzo won FDA approval for treating obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or oHCM. Compared to Bristol Myers Squibb’s projected blockbuster drug Camzyos, the Cytokinetics daily pill has less restrictive safety and monitoring requirements, giving it a competitive advantage, according to analysts. The post FDA Approval Puts New Cytokinetics Heart Drug in Competition With Fast-Growing BMS…
New Trump Administration Proposals Would Further Limit Gender Affirming Care for Young People by Restricting Providers and Reducing Coverage
This brief examines two proposed federal rules that would further restrict youth access to gender affirming care. One rule would change the hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) which would prohibit most Medicare and Medicaid enrolled hospitals from providing certain types of gender affirming medical care for young people and the other would prohibit federal Medicaid…
2025 Year in Review: Health Systems Sought to Prioritize Artificial Intelligence Use Cases
Among the initial pain points addressed were ambient clinical documentation and coding and billing automation
We Gathered 50 Healthcare Financial Leaders. Here’s What We Learned
The leaders who will thrive are those who can see both sides of every equation: mission and margin, empathy and efficiency, innovation and trust. They’re the ones building organizations that don’t just survive policy shifts and economic pressure, but use them as catalysts for progress. The post We Gathered 50 Healthcare Financial Leaders. Here’s What…
Checking The Blind Spots: How AI-Driven Safety Reporting Can Make The Invisible, Visible
AI transforms incident data with the ability to analyze large volumes of reports, surface patterns and highlight problem areas. These insights allow hospital leaders to not only identify trends but also anticipate risks and take more targeted steps to improve patient safety. The post Checking The Blind Spots: How AI-Driven Safety Reporting Can Make The…
The $10 Million Problem in Every Biotech Lab: Why Answers Stay Hidden Without AI
It’s not a mystery — it’s a flaw in how knowledge is managed, where the greatest discoveries are hidden by the friction between what we already know and what we can find. Fixing it does not require more data; it requires systems capable of understanding the data. The post The $10 Million Problem in Every…