Q&A: Vytalize Health Co-Founders Discuss Ranking No. 1 on Inc. 5000 List
Founded in 2014, the company, which helps over 2,500 primary care physicians across 36 states, achieved the top ranking with $1.5 billion in revenue for 2023
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Native Americans Are Dying From Pregnancy. They Want a Voice To Stop the Trend.
Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and started vomiting. Then 25 years old and six months pregnant, she drove herself to the emergency room in Ronan, Montana, on the Flathead Indian Reservation, where an ambulance transferred her to a larger hospital…
Even Political Rivals Agree That Medical Debt Is an Urgent Issue
While hot-button health care issues such as abortion and the Affordable Care Act roil the presidential race, Democrats and Republicans in statehouses around the country have been quietly working together to tackle the nation’s medical debt crisis. New laws to curb aggressive hospital billing, to expand charity care for lower-income patients, and to rein in…
Analysis: The No Good, Very Bad Year for UnitedHealth
UnitedHealth Group has had a difficult year marked by a dramatic stock drop, leadership shake-up and mounting regulatory scrutiny. Experts point to its aggressive Medicare Advantage strategy and a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape as key drivers of its challenges. The post Analysis: The No Good, Very Bad Year for UnitedHealth appeared first on MedCity News.
Prospect Medical Holdings Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Beleaguered for-profit hospital system will seek to sell off remaining operations outside of California
Suki Adds New Features to Help Its AI Assistant Stand Out from Other Tools
In collaboration with Google Cloud, Suki added two capabilities to its AI assistant: patient summaries and Q&A functionality. These new features might help Suki differentiate itself from other companies selling AI-powered tools to help with documentation and coding, such as Abridge, DeepScribe and Microsoft. The post Suki Adds New Features to Help Its AI Assistant…
Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves
Sociologist Elena Portacolone was taken aback. Many of the older adults in San Francisco she visited at home for a research project were confused when she came to the door. They’d forgotten the appointment or couldn’t remember speaking to her. It seemed clear they had some type of cognitive impairment. Yet they were living alone….
KFF Health Misinformation Monitor – How Abortion Misinformation Gives Rise to Restrictive Abortion Laws
This volume explores false claims suggesting abortions occur after birth, misleading narratives around the safety abortion pills, like mifepristone, and other tactics used to distort the safety of abortions. It also explores research on the acceptance of health misinformation and the proliferation of AI-generated fake news sites.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Finds Prior Authorization Process Difficult to Manage
Following a pledge by insurance companies to reduce the burden of prior authorizations, KFF’s Health Tracking Poll examines the publics experience with the process. The poll finds that most view insurers’ delays and denials as a problem, and few are aware of the newly announced pledge.