Montana plans to be one of the first states to enforce President Donald Trump’s work mandate for Medicaid enrollees, adding another challenge for state health officials trying to plug a massive budget hole. Clinicians and patient advocates say the incoming changes will deliver a twofold blow: They expect the work requirements to kick more patients…
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Perhaps, if the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act becomes law. The bill just recently passed the House of Representatives. Newsweek summarizes the bill’s provisions as follows: The bill would increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits by 1.5 percent over two years. Those payments are provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to…
Oura has filed for an IPO as it looks to build on its evolution from a sleep-focused wearable startup into a broader healthcare player. The post Oura Files for IPO As Healthcare Ambitions Grow appeared first on MedCity News.
A new WTW survey found that employers are rapidly adopting AI in health benefits despite concerns about governance, resources, privacy and compliance. The post Employers are Scaling AI Use in Health Benefits, but Face Challenges appeared first on MedCity News.
Eli Lilly is spending up to $3.8 billion to buy vaccines in development for shingles, staph infections, and Epstein-Barr virus as well as the platform technologies that spawned these programs. The pharmaceutical giant indicated interest in infectious disease last year when it hired Peter Marks, former director of the FDA division that oversees vaccines. The…
Unsupported legacy applications are no longer just technical debt. Once you know they have control gaps, they become a source of security, compliance, legal and financial exposure.
Engagement still matters. But the more important question is whether the intervention respects the human nervous system of the person on the receiving end. The post Digital Health Keeps Measuring Engagement While Ignoring Tolerability appeared first on MedCity News.
Will doctors or patients who are burned by one AI solution trust the next one they’re given? Probably not. That’s why every provider rolling out AI tools has to understand this risk and build governance into its development process. The post AI Health Check: No Governance, No Trust appeared first on MedCity News.
As breast cancer treatment continues to improve, our focus must expand beyond survival to encompass the quality of life during and after treatment. The post The Silent Threat — Why Early Lymphedema Detection Matters for Breast Cancer Survivors appeared first on MedCity News.