Pyx Health’s new condition management program will support people with conditions like diabetes, hypertension and pregnancy. The post Social Health Platform Pyx Health Unveils Condition Management Program appeared first on MedCity News.
Worried that President-elect Donald Trump will curtail federal efforts to take on the nation’s medical debt problem, patient and consumer advocates are looking to states to help people who can’t afford their medical bills or pay down their debts. “The election simply shifts our focus,” said Eva Stahl, who oversees public policy at Undue Medical…
Abortion drove many voters to turn out for Tuesday’s election, but not always for Vice President Kamala Harris, while concerns about the economy weighed more heavily on voters’ minds, according to polling data from KFF and the Associated Press. About a quarter of voters said abortion was the “single most important” factor in their vote,…More
Waymark’s community-based interventions reduce hospital and emergency department visits and improve care quality, according to a new study. The company supports Medicaid patients by connecting them with community health workers, therapists, pharmacists and care coordinators in their area. The post New Study Shows That Waymark Reduces ED, Hospital Visits for Medicaid Patients appeared first on…
The scaling power of AI can simultaneously remove barriers to access, drive costs down system-wide and elevate the role of the human clinician so they can focus on human touch that their patients need. The post Establishing Better Health Care Outcomes through AI appeared first on MedCity News.
As the field of oncology evolves, we need to shift away from traditional binary “yes-no” biomarkers to a more nuanced, spatial understanding of tumor biology. This approach will allow for more personalized treatment plans that are tailored to the unique characteristics of each patient’s tumor. The post Targeting the Blast Radius: Why Spatial AI Diagnostics…
With the expansion, Lee Health’s virtual acute care infrastructure will cover more than half of the health system’s hospital beds
The resilience of Medicaid lies in its complexity. It has resisted large-scale restructuring because it is interwoven with public and private delivery systems. That same complexity now demands a different kind of legal engagement. Medicaid is no longer a silo, but a system-defining platform. The post The Medicaid Reckoning: Era of Fiscal and Policy Flux…
In Washington’s debate over enacting steep funding cuts to Medicaid, words are a central battleground. Many Republican lawmakers and conservative policy officials who want to scale back the joint state-federal health program are using charged language to describe it. Language experts and advocates for Medicaid enrollees say their word choice is misleading and aims to…