Confirmed diversion cases do not equal true prevalence – they are directly dependent on investigative proficiency, tooling, and the bandwidth of the teams doing the work. The post The Illusion of Diversion Data: Why Confirmed Diversion Counts Misrepresent True Risk appeared first on MedCity News.
The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could be released this…
Despite years of patient complaints and quality-of-care concerns, Ballad Health — the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly — will now be held to a lower standard by the Tennessee government, and state data that holds the monopoly accountable will be kept from the public for two years. Ballad is the only option for hospital care…
Automation startup Qventus launched a new AI assistant designed to alleviate healthcare staff’s administrative burden by completing mundane tasks for them. The assistant was built in collaboration with health systems, including Northwestern Medicine, Ardent Health and Allina Health. The post Why Northwestern Is Using Qventus’ New AI Assistant appeared first on MedCity News.
Leader of one of the largest hospital-at-home programs calls it ‘one of the most disruptive elements of care delivery that we’ve had in a generation’
A new study found that continuous glucose monitors can cut healthcare costs by about 20% while also improving outcomes for insulin-dependent diabetes patients, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Despite these benefits and broad insurance coverage, roughly 80% of eligible patients still are not using the technology — highlighting a significant adoption gap….
The Trump administration’s healthcare policy changes from the gutting of medical research grants to changes on the CDC vaccine board were the focus of the discussion on the latest episode of the Debunked Podcast with MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra, managing partner of Health Innovation Pitch. The post Debunked Episode 17: Is…
AI-powered documentation tools have proven successful in alleviating clinicians’ administrative burden and burnout. As these tools continue to evolve, healthcare leaders want to see more tech that can help surface the right data at the right time, as well as tools that can help speed up billing processes. The post AI Scribes Have Proven Their…
If you dare, feast your eyes on this year’s winners of KFF Health News’ sixth annual Halloween Haiku contest. We received more than four dozen spooky submissions but only a few bubbled to the top of the cauldron. Here’s the winner and the top runners-up, illustrated by Oona Zenda. The judges’ favorites were inspired by…
Innovation consortium has grown to 14 health systems with the addition of Yale New Haven Health System, Keck Medicine of USC, and Hartford HealthCare
