Highmark Health recently announced a partnership with AI technology company Abridge to deploy its ambient clinical documentation platform across Allegheny Health Network and co-develop a new prior authorization solution. The post Highmark Health, Abridge Partner to Scale AI for Payers/Providers appeared first on MedCity News.
New strategies using predictive analytics are emerging to improve post-acute home healthcare
Instead of an engineered peptide to activate gut receptors to trigger metabolic effects, Syntis’s technology forms a coating in intestines that has the effect of redirecting nutrients, mimicking an effect of gastric bypass surgery. In other obesity medicine news, Protagonist Therapeutics revealed a drug candidate that puts it in competition with Novo Nordisk and Eli…
As trends around expanded decision-making ecosystems, consumer empowerment, data and intelligence, and economic uncertainty become everyday realities, the need for medical device companies to rethink and expand their business models becomes more urgent. The post From Products to Services: How Medical Device Companies Miss $100M+ Opportunities appeared first on MedCity News.
A bill introduced by Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter would ban PBMs’ use of spread pricing in Medicaid, among other reforms. The post New Bipartisan Bill from Rep. Carter Aims to Crack Down on PBMs appeared first on MedCity News.
The current wave of generative AI has captured public imagination, but we must temper our expectations. While these models demonstrate impressive capabilities in processing vast amounts of medical literature and generating coherent text, they’re far from perfect. The post Fluency Isn’t Intelligence in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
In a special follow-up poll of the same women voters who were previously interviewed in June (before President Biden announced he wouldn’t run for reelection), KFF finds substantial shifts in favor of Vice President Harris across a range of key election issues, including the handling of rising household and health care costs, as well as…More
By TREVOR VAN MIERLO In 2021, digital mental health and substance use startups attracted a record-breaking $5.1 billion in funding. Despite the surge, the promise of scalable, transformative digital health platforms remains unfulfilled. Following the surge, investment plummeted. Unlike other industries that have been revolutionized by digital-first solutions, digital health struggles with models that fail…
[Sponsored] Philips ventilators are known for their reliability, patient comfort and advanced monitoring features, but access depends on choosing the right rental partner. The post 6 Places You Can Rent a Philips Ventilator appeared first on MedCity News.
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen.” ― Frédéric Bastiat