Trump Vowed To End Surprise Medical Bills. The Office Working on That Just Got Slashed.

As President Donald Trump wrapped up his first term in 2020, he signed legislation to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. “This must end,” Trump said. “We’re going to hold insurance companies and hospitals totally accountable.” But the president’s wide-ranging push to slash government spending, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is weakening the federal office…

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Healthcare Staff are Digital Workers Now: They Need a Better Experience

Healthcare workers are already navigating issues with lack of interoperability between systems, staff and providers, and concerns about patient data privacy and security. IT teams and healthcare systems can alleviate some anxiety by giving workers the best performing digital user experience, including physicians and other staff that share responsibility for patient care. The post Healthcare…

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Sanofi joins 340B lawsuit. Kaiser behavioral health workers on strike. Apologia of PBMs. Status of brain-computer interfaces.  How old is the moon?

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Tiny Is Mighty

By KIM BELLARD I am a fanboy for AI; I don’t really understand the technical aspects, but I sure am excited about its potential. I’m also a sucker for a catchy phrase. So when I (belatedly) learned about TinyAI, I was hooked.   Now, as it turns out, TinyAI (also know as Tiny AI) has…

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Colby Takeda, Pear Suite

Colby Takeda is CEO of Pear Suite which has developed a system that helps organizations employing community health workers to track and pay for their work. These community health workers are in multiple social and health organizations. Increasingly states Medicaid and health plans are paying directly to community organizations and Pear Suite is building the…

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