It comes down to two simple questions that every health plan should consider: “Are we a company that pays for services and manages risks? Or are we a company that delivers better health for our members?” The post Healthcare’s Next Frontier: Building a Fully Connected Experience appeared first on MedCity News.
Tus bocadillos podrían ser blanco del nuevo gobierno de Trump. Durante años, el gobierno federal ha evitado regular la comida chatarra, la comida rápida y los alimentos ultraprocesados. Ahora, las actitudes están cambiando. Algunos miembros del círculo íntimo del presidente Donald Trump se están preparando para luchar contra las “grandes empresas alimentarias”, es decir, las…
At a memorial service in 2022, veteran Air Force Capt. Monte Watts bumped into a fellow former Minuteman III nuclear missile operator, who told him that she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Watts knew other missileers with similar cancers. But the connection really hit home later that same January day, when the results of a blood test…
Today’s patients are used to the seamless and transparent payment processes in retail services. It’s no surprise that they expect the same convenience with paying for healthcare. According to Experian Health’s State of Patient Access 2024 report, 96% emphasized that it is crucial they receive an accurate estimate of treatment costs before service. In fact,…
Apellis Pharmaceuticals and Astellas Pharma have the first two FDA-approved therapies for geographic atrophy, but Character Biosciences claims its approach could be best in class for treating this advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration. The biotech’s Series B round will finance clinical tests of two programs, each addressing a different stage of the disease….
Now is the time for senior living leaders to act and re-imagine what resident-centered, modern care can look like, today and in the future. The post AI Is No Longer Optional in Senior Living – Here’s Why appeared first on MedCity News.
This data note provides new information about waiting lists in Medicaid home care before many of the provisions in the 2025 reconciliation law go into effect. The data come from KFF’s 23rd survey of officials administering Medicaid home care programs in all 50 states and DC.
By MICHAEL MILLENSON A Rock Health write-up of this year’s Epic Users Group Meeting captured the artificial intelligence vibe with a play on the names of three new AI chatbots rolled out by the country’s dominant electronic health record firm. “Epic Goes APE (Art, Penny and Emmie),” read the headline, using the first letters of…
The company’s executives say an ongoing efficiency plan will offset about $400 million of that impact and have grown their capital spending plans from last year.
By KIM BELLARD So the House has passed their “big, beautiful bill,” by the narrowest of margins. Crucial to the bill are large savings from Medicaid, which in past years Republicans would have taken some glee from but now they are careful to explain away as just cutting “waste, fraud and abuse,” having finally realized…