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Are Hospitals Procrastinating on TEAM Model Work?
Cedar Gate Technologies’ Tobin Lassen describes what hospitals chosen for the mandatory model should be focusing on before facing downside risk
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…
What is are the health and economic impacts of declining vaccination rates?
VaxImpactMap is an interesting online tool that quantifies the health and economic costs of declining childhood vaccination. The tool was developed by Mahmud Sheku, Connor Van Meter, Robert Bednarczyk, and Ben Lopman at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. The tool focuses on changes these outcomes for three vaccine preventable diseases: Rotavirus, Pertussis (Whooping…
Blue Shield of California, Salesforce Partner to Modernize Prior Authorization
During HLTH 2024, Blue Shield of California and Salesforce announced a partnership that will streamline the prior authorization process. The post Blue Shield of California, Salesforce Partner to Modernize Prior Authorization appeared first on MedCity News.
Marty Makary, Often Wrong as Pandemic Critic, Is Poised To Lead the FDA He Railed Against
Panelists at a covid conference last fall were asked to voice their regrets — policies they had supported during the pandemic but had come to see as misguided. Covid contact tracing, one said. Closing schools, another said. Vaccine mandates, a third said. When Marty Makary’s turn came, the Johns Hopkins University surgeon said, “I can’t…
How the Pending Supreme Court Decision on Preventive Care Could Affect the Healthcare Industry
The Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments for a case that threatens coverage of preventive services without cost-sharing. Experts say this could make it significantly harder for patients to access care and lead to higher costs down the road. The post How the Pending Supreme Court Decision on Preventive Care Could Affect the Healthcare…
Listen: Cheap Health Insurance Isn’t Always Cheap
High-deductible plans can look like a deal, until the bills start rolling in. On this episode of the NPR podcast Life Kit, reporter Jackie Fortiér breaks down what to expect and how to prepare. A lot of people choose their health insurance the way they shop for a flight — sort by the lowest price…
States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble
WASHINGTON — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea. Rather, states should submit applications that “rebuild and reshape” how health care is delivered in rural communities, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official…
Dr. Oz Says the Medicaid Program is Complicit in ‘Legalized Money Laundering’
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said that Medicaid’s rapid spending growth is unsustainable and criticized state financing tactics that let providers and governments “game” the system for extra federal funds. He said CMS is shifting its fraud strategy to follow the flow of money rather than just individual offenders in an effort to ensure health…