GEM HEALTH Secures $7M to Advance Virtual Sleep Care
GEM HEALTH’s Series A round was co-led by HealthTrend Capital and LFE Capital and included participation from existing investors Base10 Partners and Mairs & Power Venture Capital. The post GEM HEALTH Secures $7M to Advance Virtual Sleep Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Better AI + Correct Provider Guidance = Fewer Denials
How do we tip the scale to lower the rate of denials? While AI has been the initial decision-maker for years, it must become better trained. And to do that, it needs help. The post Better AI + Correct Provider Guidance = Fewer Denials appeared first on MedCity News.
CVS Health Sells MSSP Business to Wellvana
CVS says it remains committed to value-based care and is advancing efforts through Oak Street Health and MinuteClinic
Keys to Provider Patient Communications Amidst President Trump’s Massive Policy Shifts
Exactly what the administration is ultimately able to accomplish will be anyone’s guess, but here are some key policy and market shifts healthcare leaders and their PR teams should watch closely and be prepared to communicate around. The post Keys to Provider Patient Communications Amidst President Trump’s Massive Policy Shifts appeared first on MedCity News.
Making Automation a Mainstream Function in Healthcare Practices
[Sponsored] In a webinar sponsored by Jotform, scheduled for Thursday, March 13 at 1 pm ET, panelists will discuss how health tech companies approach data automation and how practices implement it. The post Making Automation a Mainstream Function in Healthcare Practices appeared first on MedCity News.
7 Charts About Public Opinion on Medicaid
This data note provides an overview of recent KFF polling on the public’s views of and connections to Medicaid, the federal-state government health insurance for certain low-income adults and children and long-term care program for adults 65 and older and younger adults with disabilities.
KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2025: The Public’s Views on Potential Changes to Medicaid
Amid discussion of changes to the Medicaid program, most of the public say that Medicaid is important to their local communities. About two in ten (17%) favor of cuts to Medicaid spending. Support for Medicaid cuts remain low even among typically conservative groups such as Republicans, Trump voters, and those living in rural communities. The…
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…
Medicaid Advocates Say Critics Use Loaded Terms To Gain Edge in Congressional Debate
In Washington’s debate over enacting steep funding cuts to Medicaid, words are a central battleground. Many Republican lawmakers and conservative policy officials who want to scale back the joint state-federal health program are using charged language to describe it. Language experts and advocates for Medicaid enrollees say their word choice is misleading and aims to…