Patients who better understand their conditions often ask more informed questions and participate more actively in shared decision-making. But fluency is not the same as reliability. The post What Happens When Patients Ask AI First? appeared first on MedCity News.
This analysis presents key facts about hospitals with more than 40 charts related to national spending on hospital care, characteristics of the hospital industry, rural hospitals, use of hospital care, out-of-pocket spending and medical debt, hospital prices, hospital finances, and charity care.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before scheduling bariatric surgery, she readily agreed. “I’ve struggled with my weight for so long,” said Campbell, 40, a single mother of two. “I’m not opposed to trying anything.” In early April, about four weeks after…
Most employers have little idea what the pharmacy benefit managers they hire do with the money they exchange for the medications used by their employees, according to a KFF survey released Wednesday morning. In KFF’s latest employer health benefits survey, company officials were asked how much of the rebates collected from drugmakers by pharmacy benefit…
This brief describes the Managed Care Program Annual Report (MCPAR), a relatively new, comprehensive report on state Medicaid managed care programs that includes plan-level data. It is used with other managed care reports to improve state and federal managed care program monitoring, oversight, and transparency.
By actively and consistently collecting feedback, hospitals can gain rapid insights into critical areas, allowing them to track and measure patient satisfaction levels, and crucially to react to any dips in standards of care. The post How Data Feedback Can Aid Patient Experience in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Acquiring FarmboxRx will help Pyx Health tackle food insecurity, a challenge many of its members struggle with. The post Pyx Health Acquires FarmboxRx With $47.5M Funding Boost appeared first on MedCity News.
The growth rate of Medicare Advantage patients activity with physicians and outpatient providers early this year was nearly double what the company had expected.
This Health Policy 101 chapter explores employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI), the primary health coverage source for U.S. residents under age 65. In addition to detailing ESI requirements and incentives, structure, availability, and costs, the chapter examines ongoing challenges related to affordability and access to care for those with ESI coverage.
The next wave of radiology AI value will come from closed-loop follow-up. An actionable finding should start a pathway with a measurable end state: the follow-up exam is completed, the referral is completed, or the recommendation is clinically resolved with a documented rationale. The post The Last Mile Problem in AI Radiology: Detection Improves, Follow-Through…