We can and must do better to make sure our smart new tools actually do see the individual – by making them as transparent, unbiased, and compassionate as the caregivers we would want for our own families. The post AI Decides Who Gets Care: Algorithmic Bias in Post-Acute Care Decisions appeared first on MedCity News.
By MIKE MAGEE “Hoosiers receive heroes’ welcome in return to Bloomington” screamed last week’s ESPN headline, as IU claimed top spot in college football nationwide. It’s been awhile since sports elevated that state’s mood. In his classic review of the famous movie, “The Hoosiers,” Roger Ebert writes, “This is a movie about a tiny Indiana…
Here are some key insights to help unlock the viability of PDTs to address unmet needs throughout the healthcare ecosystem — for patients and providers alike — and how to take meaningful steps to improve the health experience. The post When Healthcare Meets People Where They Are: How PDTs Are Reshaping Mental Health Treatment appeared…
SACRAMENTO, California — El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, se ha posicionado como un líder nacional en salud pública al impulsar políticas respaldadas por la ciencia, en contraste con la administración Trump. Después de que Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés), despidiera a…
The answer is ‘yes’ according to a paper by Borrelli et al. (2025). The authors use annual Medicare Star Rating health plan performance for Medicare Advantage-Part D (MAPD) plans over the past decade (2015 to 2024). They find that: For plans achieving at least 4 stars on the medication adherence measures, 70%-74% of them also…
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently released a new strategy to “Make America Healthy Again.” The strategy includes: Promoting evidence-based preventionEmpowering people to achieve their health goalsDriving choice and competition for people A Health Affairs Forefront article from Joshua M. Liao notes three broad goals: increasing patient engagement, better leveraging data and…
For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group with normal cognition. Both patients, a man and a woman, had agreed to donate their brains after they died for further…
We cannot wait for CMS to hand us perfect blueprints for rehab. The time is now for rehab leaders to define what optimized care looks like, build these pathways using evidence and outcomes data, and then aggressively demonstrate that our services are the most effective way to align with the new strategic direction of healthcare….
UnitedHealthcare launched UHC Store to sell discounted health services directly to members, but experts question whether consumers will embrace it. The post Reaction to UHC Store: People Aren’t Saying ‘I Love My Health Insurer — Let Me See What Else I Can Buy From Them’ appeared first on MedCity News.
En el Valle de San Luis, al sur de Colorado, las nubes se elevan sobre las imponentes montañas de la cordillera Sangre de Cristo. Un coro de mirlos gorjea mientras revolotea entre los juncos de un refugio de vida silvestre. Grandes campos cultivados en forma de círculo, intercalados con arbustos autóctonos, dan una sensación de…