Minnesota’s HealthPartners Proposes Acquisition of Essentia Health
The combined nonprofit organization would include 22 hospitals, more than 135 clinics and 6,000 clinicians
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When Algorithms Decide Who Lives and Who Suffers
The choices we make now will determine not just the future of healthcare, but the kind of society we leave to our children. Will we continue to allow faceless algorithms to decide who lives and who suffers? Or will we finally reclaim healthcare’s moral center and build a system worthy of our highest values? The…
Medicare Advantage 2026 Spotlight: A First Look at Plan Offerings
This brief provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage plans that are available for 2026 and key trends over time. In 2026, the average Medicare beneficiary has a choice of 32 Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans, two fewer than the 34 in 2025. Virtually all Medicare Advantage plans for 2026 provide multiple extra benefits…
Your Guide to Outpatient Addiction Treatment: Top Choices in Sacramento and Beyond
[Sponsored] Unlike inpatient recovery, which requires you to live at a facility full-time, outpatient care allows you to continue working and maintain important relationships while getting necessary care. The post Your Guide to Outpatient Addiction Treatment: Top Choices in Sacramento and Beyond appeared first on MedCity News.
Future of Cancer Coverage for Women Federal Firefighters Uncertain Under Trump
It took nearly three years to win presumptive workers’ compensation coverage for breast, cervical, and other cancers that firefighters who work for federal agencies may develop because of hazardous exposures on the job. Now, just weeks after the Labor Department added coverage for those illnesses, firefighters worry the gains may be in jeopardy after the…
StartUPDATES: New Developments for Healthcare Startups
Check out news from Oral Genome, Carrot Fertility, Thatch, and The Perryman Group. The post StartUPDATES: New Developments for Healthcare Startups appeared first on MedCity News.
Startup Enabling Aging at Home Raises $6M, Gains New MA and Medicaid Partnerships
Rosarium Health’s seed round was led by Kalos Ventures, with support from ResilienceVC, Rock Health Capital, Symphonic Capital, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, Black Tech Nations Ventures and The Council. The post Startup Enabling Aging at Home Raises $6M, Gains New MA and Medicaid Partnerships appeared first on MedCity News.
Intermountain Health Exec: Hub-and-Spoke Models Could Save Rural Healthcare
Dan Liljenquist, Intermountain Health’s chief strategy officer, said that more large health systems should employ a hub-and-spoke model to ensure that rural providers can thrive. Under this model, large health systems partner with rural hospitals — with the rural “spoke” hospitals gaining access to the larger “hub” health system’s technology, staff, medication discounts and more….
Medicare Advantage CEO: My Baby is Ugly…(video)
Earlier this month Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Health Plan, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage company, provided some refreshing straight talk on what is wrong with MA while stressing that it is far better than traditional Medicare for seniors. The post Medicare Advantage CEO: My Baby is Ugly…(video) appeared first on MedCity News.
The AI Tension in Healthcare: Patent Strategy, FDA Reality, and HIPAA Constraints
These three legal regimes are pulling in different directions, and the developers that navigate them well will be the ones that plan for all three from the start. The post The AI Tension in Healthcare: Patent Strategy, FDA Reality, and HIPAA Constraints appeared first on MedCity News.