Annals of Internal Medicine study of Medicare beneficiaries with modest incomes found that up to half of them may not have sufficient funds to cover out-of-pocket costs associated with a single hospital stay
By MATTHEW HOLT Two weeks ago I wrote an April Fool’s piece that claimed that Elon Musk and DOGE were going to nationalize American health care to save some money. That piece was half-joking but full-serious. If you look at what Musk is complaining about there are two major areas of “waste, fraud and abuse”…
Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death. But it’s far from being a set-it-and-forget-it…
The new Trump administration could be coming for your snacks. For years, the federal government has steered clear of regulating junk food, fast food, and ultra-processed food. Now attitudes are changing. Some members of President-elect Donald Trump’s inner circle are gearing up to battle “Big Food,” or the companies that make most of the food…
ProsperityEHR execs discuss the acquisition that is serving as the foundation for their EHR startup in behavioral health
Healthcare needs a better way to collect information from all sources, organize it, summarize it and present it to providers in a way that lets them deliver the necessary treatment, confident that the material is sound and verifiable. The post How the Right AI Can Improve Health Risk Assessments appeared first on MedCity News.
Apply for, renew, or change your Marketplace plan by December 15 to make sure your coverage starts January 1. Image Already have Marketplace coverage? Whether you want to keep your current coverage or you’re ready for a change, you should log into your account to update any income or household changes for next year. This…
About 79% of digital health leaders said their companies are pursuing new investment capital in the next year, according to a recent survey from Summit Health Advisors. The post Top Priorities and Challenges for Digital Health Leaders in 2025: 5 Key Insights appeared first on MedCity News.
George Boghos is CEO of Imagine Pediatrics, a company founded out of former CMS Innovation head Adam Boehler’s Rubicon Partners fund. Imagine is a wraparound tech-based service helping some of the sickest kids in America–think kids on feeding tubes, cancer, mental health conditions, autism and more. They provide telehealth and on the ground services (like…
A few years before the covid-19 pandemic, Dale Rice lost a toe to infection. But because he was uninsured at the time, the surgery at a Reno, Nevada, hospital led to years of anguish. He said he owes the hospital more than $20,000 for the procedure and still gets calls from collection agencies. “It can…