Richard Clarke, Ph.D., Highmark’s chief analytics officer, says AI solution will help clinicians understand in real-time whether they have inadequate evidence for a prior authorization
Suicide deaths fell slightly from their peak of 49,476 deaths in 2022 to 48,824 deaths in 2024, but trends by suicide method diverged: suicides by other means declined while firearm suicides reached their highest level and accounted for 57% of all suicides (up from 50% in 2014).
Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in December. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 5 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in December appeared first on MedCity News.
From a Mark et al. (2026) paper published in Health Affairs last week: …from 2000 through 2021, mental health and SUD nominal spending grew from $40.9 billion to $139.6 billion. Mental health and SUD accounted for 4.5 percent of all medical services spending in 2000 and 5.5 percent in 2021. Real per capita mental health and SUD spending grew…
[Sponsored] The webinar, scheduled for May 22, will include executives from PurpleLab and feature Genentech Principal Informatics Systems Lead Dr. Ben Freiberg. Register today! The post Eliminating Blind Spots in the Patient Journey appeared first on MedCity News.
Top challenges impacting specialty pharmacy outcomes, and how health systems may achieve efficiencies and enhance performance for optimal outcomes. The post An Integrated Approach to Optimizing Specialty Pharmacy and Accelerating Performance appeared first on MedCity News.
No es fácil promover la moderación y la disciplina financiera desde las entrañas de un casino. Pero eso es lo que los empleados estatales de Massachusetts intentan hacer a diario, entre los sonidos y las luces intermitentes de las máquinas tragamonedas. En el MGM Springfield, al oeste del estado, empleados con remeras verdes se encuentran…
There are four primary types of uncertainty in health economic modelling: Heterogeneity: Variation between individuals that can be explained by their characteristicsStochastic uncertainty: Variation between individuals that cannot be explained by their characteristics, Parameter uncertainty: Uncertainty in the estimated values for the parameters that define the modelStructural uncertainty: Uncertainty in model outcomes that arise from…
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…
By KIM BELLARD I’m always on the lookout for advances in healthcare that seem more like 22st century medicine than what we still experience in 2025. Way too much of it seems less advanced than we should be expecting in a world of AI, genetic engineering, nanobots, and the like. I often think of the…