Enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of this year. Among those with incomes over 400% poverty who are losing the tax credit altogether, the impact will be greatest for those whose unsubsidized premiums are highest: older Marketplace enrollees and those living in higher-premium locales. The maps in this brief show how much average…
KFF’s analysis of KFF/AP VoteCast supplemental questions shows how abortion, abortion-related ballot measures, and other health care issues influenced the 2024 election.
New research shows that while health systems are pouring money into AI tools, most are still struggling to use the technology to meaningfully engage patients. Moving beyond generic outreach to “N-of-1 personalization” could be key to closing engagement gaps and improving patient outcomes at scale, said Amy Bucher, chief behavioral officer at Lirio. The post…
Monica Vajani, Executive Director for mHUB’s MedTech Accelerator, discusses how mHUB is helping innovators transition healthcare towards value-based care. The post The Promise of Value-Based Care and MedTech Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.
Workers deserve environments that protect their well-being, and patients deserve care from professionals who aren’t operating in fear. The post Healthcare Leadership Strategies to Prevent Workplace Violence appeared first on MedCity News.
By MIKE MAGEE “The technological leaps of the 1900s — microelectronics, antibiotics, chemotherapy, liquid-fueled rockets, Earth-observing satellites, lasers, LED lights, disease-resistant seeds and so forth — derived from science. But these technologies also spent years being improved, tweaked, recombined and modified to make them achieve the scale and impact necessary for innovations.” Jon Gertner, author of “The Idea…
The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as “Bill of the Month” and “What the Health? From KFF Health News.” She previously spent more than a decade reporting on the federal government, most recently covering surprise medical bills, drug pricing reform, and other health policy…
Calling the costs ‘unprecedented’ in CMS Innovation Center models, the VBID model cost CMS $2.3 billion in CY 2021 and $2.2 billion in CY 2022
Qure.ai — which is headquartered in India — closed a $65 million Series D financing round. When asked whether the startup is thinking about a public exit anytime soon, CEO Prashant Warie said that for now, the company’s focusing is on continuing to build its market globally and “venturing deeper into meeting the healthcare challenges…
KFF’s Health Tracking Poll looks at public awareness and support for ACA Marketplace subsidies and finds that most adults are unaware the subsidies are set to expire soon. Three in four say Congress should extend the subsidies and support persists despite hearing counter arguments.