Oura’s Buys Counsel for $625M, But Will Payers and Consumers Get on Board?
Oura will be integrating Counsel Health’s clinical AI and virtual care into its app, but…
Oura’s Buys Counsel for $625M, But Will Payers and Consumers Get on Board?
Oura will be integrating Counsel Health’s clinical AI and virtual care into its app, but will payers and employers cover the Oura ring as a benefit? And will consumers sign on to pay a much more expensive monthly subscription for AI-enabled medical insights and access to licensed physicians? The post Oura’s Buys Counsel for $625M,…
FDA Approves First-in-Class Bayer Drug for Reducing the Risk of Stroke
Bayer’s asundexian, brand name Sunharbo, is the first FDA-approved drug in a new class cardiovascular medicines Approval of the once-daily pill covers secondary stroke prevention in adults. The post FDA Approves First-in-Class Bayer Drug for Reducing the Risk of Stroke appeared first on MedCity News.
NC Medicaid to Launch Primary Care Capitation Pilot for Rural Practices
Goal is to provide stable and predictable revenue while encouraging more preventive and coordinated care
What Does Democratic Control of Congress Mean for Global Health?
This policy watch examines what the 2026 Midterm Election results and Democratic control of Congress might mean for global health.
VA Automation Expansion Coincides With Rise in Disability Claims Errors
Higher-level reviews identified more than 329,000 medical evidence-collection errors in fiscal year 2026
New Campaign Wants AI Applications To Look Beyond Speed
Healthcare has plenty of tedious administrative work which could benefit from AI’s efficiency – but what if simply speeding up an already broken system isn’t the answer? Healthcare leaders push for a re-built, AI-native system in Anterior’s recent Beyond Faster Horses campaign. The post New Campaign Wants AI Applications To Look Beyond Speed appeared first…
The Laboratory Industry’s Next Competitor May Be the Company on Your Patient’s Wrist
The industry’s next major competitor may never build another national laboratory network or employ thousands of phlebotomists. It may simply own the device that notices something first. The post The Laboratory Industry’s Next Competitor May Be the Company on Your Patient’s Wrist appeared first on MedCity News.
When a Gun Owner Shows Early Signs of Dementia
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” He was 72, a retired health administrator who lived alone near Seattle. Laura Prater, a firearms researcher at Ohio State, was interviewing him via Zoom. She’d administered a questionnaire that…
The Ultimate Adulting Task: Signing Up for Health Insurance
(Maria Fabrizio for WPLN and KFF Health News) Not many 22-year-olds share DJ Mikunda’s enthusiasm for health insurance coverage. “You know what sounds like a good Friday night? It’s looking at health insurance,” he joked. But Mikunda has a reason to be eager. He has gone without coverage since he left home and started working…
Nebraska Rushed Medicaid Work Rules. Then a Cancer Patient Was Told He’d Lost Coverage.
Eli McCreary of Omaha, Nebraska, said he had recently been diagnosed with kidney cancer when he got a call from a local hospital run by CHI Health. He said he was informed that he wasn’t insured anymore under Medicaid — and that the hospital would cancel his appointments unless he paid out-of-pocket. McCreary, who was…
