President-elect Donald Trump recently appointed former Paypal executive David Sacks as the White House’s first-ever czar for AI and cryptocurrency. Ryan Tarzy — CEO of Avandra Imaging, a federated network for de-identified imaging data — thinks this appointment could help accelerate the pace of innovation in the healthcare industry. The post Why One Startup CEO…
This data note analyzes the list of terminated and active awards the Trump Administration recently sent to Congress highlighting to assess the impact on global health awards.
This policy watch examines 988 on its third anniversary, drawing from the latest Lifeline data available through May 2025 and suicide death data from CDC WONDER for the period 2013 to 2023. 988 received 16.5 million contacts since its launch in July 2022, including 11.2 million calls, 2.9 million texts, and 2.4 million chats.
How does a hospital’s participation in a health plan’s Medicare Advantage (MA) provider network impact their commercial rates? Since many insurers offer both MA plans and commercial plans, there could be spillovers with respect to negotiating. How would MA network participation impact commercial rates? Marr et al. (2025) offers some hypotheses: On the one hand,…
Amid debates about proposed cuts to federal Medicaid spending, this brief analyzes key characteristics of children with special health care needs and explores how Medicaid provides them with coverage.
SiteOne Therapeutics develops drugs that target sodium channels, the “wiring” in the body that transmits pain signals. Because SiteOne’s targets are located in the peripheral nervous system, they should not pose the same addiction risks as opioids, which hit receptors in the central nervous system. The post Startup SiteOne Secures $100M to Forge Ahead With…
The healthcare industry’s inability to coordinate care effectively and at scale is the single biggest issue in the sector, said Tampa General Hospital CEO John Couris. The post This Problem Keeps Hospital Execs Up at Night, Tampa General Hospital CEO Says appeared first on MedCity News.
Agentic AI company Hyro has now raised a total of $95 million. Its agents, which automate call center workflows, are used by health systems including Intermountain Healthcare, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Hackensack Meridian Health, Baptist Health and Sutter Health. The post Hyro Snags $45M for Its Conversational AI Agents appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare organizations face challenges with siloed data, causing repeated paperwork
Little Otter’s $9.5 million fundraise included participation from Pivotal Ventures, Torch Capital, Springbank, CRV, Next Legacy, G9, Gratitude Railroad and Carrie Walton Penner’s Fiore Ventures. The company has raised more than $36 million to date. The post Little Otter Raises $9.5M for Family Mental Health appeared first on MedCity News.