At Wayne General Hospital in rural Mississippi, clinicians are using Eko Health’s AI-powered digital stethoscope to detect heart conditions earlier in patients with limited access to specialists. The post How A Small Rural Hospital Is Using AI to Catch Heart Disease Sooner appeared first on MedCity News.
HHS is proposing major changes to HIPAA for the first time in more than a decade, aiming to strengthen cybersecurity protocols for electronic health data. Healthcare cybersecurity leaders are mainly in favor of the proposal — though there are some concerns that smaller providers will struggle with the financial and operational burdens of compliance. The…
Headed into a lame-duck session, the AHA requested Congress to act on key priorities for health systems before the end of 2024
In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it billed the government for medical conditions patients didn’t have. The settlement, announced Jan. 14, resolves whistleblower lawsuits that accused the giant health insurer of mounting a years-long scheme in which it…
RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine beliefs lead to changes within the HHS
Despite its impact, metabolic health rarely appears on the HR dashboard. That oversight is costing employers more than they realize. The post Why Metabolic Health Should Be Every Employer’s Next Benefits Priority appeared first on MedCity News.
Houston Methodist Coordinate Care is reducing costs through a partnership with Koda Health, a digital platform that guides patients through their end-of-life choices. Preliminary findings show the technology resulted in a 19% reduction in the total cost of care for patients at the end of their life, which equals nearly $9,000 in savings per patient….
By MATTHEW ZACHARY The American healthcare system behaves exactly as its incentives tell it to behave. That sentence sounds almost boring until you follow it to its logical conclusion. Insurance companies now influence clinical decisions more aggressively than many physicians. They shape hospital consolidation. They determine startup viability. They influence venture capital allocation. They dictate…
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House sent a clear signal about Medicaid to Republicans across the country: Requiring enrollees to prove they are working, volunteering, or going to school is back on the table. The day after Trump’s inauguration, South Carolina GOP Gov. Henry McMaster asked federal officials to approve a work requirement…
Susan Monarez has left her role as CDC director after less than a month — the shortest tenure in the agency’s history — following reported clashes with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy. This news comes amid a period of turmoil at the CDC, including a recent deadly shooting at its headquarters….