The Hidden Cost of Healthcare AI: Why Premium Prices Don’t Equal Premium Results
Now is a good time for health systems to step back and ask some foundational…
The Hidden Cost of Healthcare AI: Why Premium Prices Don’t Equal Premium Results
Now is a good time for health systems to step back and ask some foundational questions instead of rushing into their next AI purchase. The post The Hidden Cost of Healthcare AI: Why Premium Prices Don’t Equal Premium Results appeared first on MedCity News.
Data-Driven Decisions: Unlocking Strategic Financial Performance in Healthcare
Data is not optional; it is essential to financial stability and strategic growth. The organizations that thrive will be those that use data to lead, not follow. The post Data-Driven Decisions: Unlocking Strategic Financial Performance in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
About Half of Adults with ACA Marketplace Coverage are Small Business Owners, Employees, or Self-Employed
This analysis estimates that 48% of adults under age 65 with individual market coverage are either employed by a small business with fewer than 25 workers, self-employed entrepreneurs, or small business owners. Because the vast majority of this coverage is purchased through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, changes to the ACA, including the expiration…
Lice Pose No Health Threat, Yet Some Parents Push Back on Rules To Allow Affected Kids in Class
Any evidence of lice was once a reason for immediate dismissal from school, not to return until the student’s head was lice-free. But what are known as “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of “nonexclusion” rules, prioritizing class time over any nuisance caused by parasites the size of sesame seeds. That leniency, of late,…
Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at ‘Able-Bodied Adults.’ Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt.
Republicans insist that President Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid were aimed at reducing fraud and getting more of its adult beneficiaries into jobs. But the side effects may include less care for sick kids. Some children’s hospitals collectively stand to lose billions of dollars in revenue once Trump’s wide-ranging tax and spending law, which Republicans…
RFK Jr. Said ‘Everybody Can Get’ a Covid Vaccine. Is That True?
“Everybody can get” the covid-19 vaccine. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sept. 4 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing When health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, several senators criticized him for restricting the covid-19 shots after promising in November he wouldn’t “take away anybody’s vaccines.” “Did…
Labcorp, Blue Shield and my $34.95 co pay (part 5)
By MATTHEW HOLT I have been on a quest to try to understand why I am being charged $34.95 by Labcorp for some lab tests that I think should be free under the ACA preventative care statutes, and for which my insurer Blue Shield of Californian has issued me an EOB with a $0 co-pay….
Are private health insurers evil?
Michael Cannon makes the convincing case that the answer is a resounding ‘no’. Those who say that private health insurance companies are evil entities that profit from denying health care to patients fail to appreciate that private health insurance companies are in fact a wondrous force for good.Outrageous? Not at all. Health insurance companies get…
Strive Health Secures $550M to Advance Value-Based Kidney Care Model
Strive Health’s Series D funding was led by New Enterprise Associates, and included participation from CVS Health Ventures, CapitalG, Echo Health and several others. The post Strive Health Secures $550M to Advance Value-Based Kidney Care Model appeared first on MedCity News.
Corewell Health Touts Success of Virtual Lifestyle Medicine Program with Nudj Health
Corewell Health is seeing positive results from its partnership with Nudj Health, a startup that delivers virtual lifestyle medicine programs. More than 3,600 Corewell patients have enrolled in Nudj’s programs since 2023 — and their reported improvements include weight loss, reduced depression and anxiety levels, better cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and increased daily exercise minutes….
