Discover the Hidden Costs of Siloed Systems
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Gilead Sciences Lands First FDA Approval of a Twice-a-Year HIV PrEP Drug
Gilead Sciences drug lenacapavir, brand name Yeztugo, is now approved for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. The twice injectable medication is hoped to improve uptake and adherence to PrEP. The post Gilead Sciences Lands First FDA Approval of a Twice-a-Year HIV PrEP Drug appeared first on MedCity News.
Cigna Launches 6 New Digital Tools To Improve Customer Experience
Cigna’s new digital tools include an AI-powered virtual assistant, personalized provider matching and cost tracking. The post Cigna Launches 6 New Digital Tools To Improve Customer Experience appeared first on MedCity News.
What Will Be Healthcare’s Next Big AI Use Case Following Ambient Scribes?
Over the past couple of years, ambient scribes have earned widespread adoption among health systems. While there’s excitement around other categories like AI agents and denials management, no other AI use case has achieved ambient scribes’ level of traction, noted Daniel Yang, Kaiser Permanente’s vice president of AI and emerging technologies. The post What Will…
What are the Implications of the Skrmetti Ruling for Minors’ Access to Gender Affirming Care?
This policy watch examines the June 18 Supreme Court ruling upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the case of the United States v. Skrmetti, how it will affect access in other states with similar bans, and other implications.
American Medicine’s Meagerness Paradox
By MARC-DAVID MUNK In our palliative medicine clinic in the working suburbs of Boston, my colleagues and I tend to some of the sickest patients in the city. Through the window, I can see the afflicted pull up to our squat building in family sedans, wheelchair vans, and subsidized municipal ride cars. Few drive themselves:…
Which States Might have to Reduce Provider Taxes Under the Senate Reconciliation Bill?
If Congress passes the reconciliation bill with the Finance Committee provision, 22 states might have to reduce their provider taxes on either hospitals or managed care organizations, cutting a key source of state Medicaid funding in those states. This policy watch explains how the Finance Committee provision would reduce states’ Medicaid spending, and the implications…
What share of code is being written by AI?
A paper by Daniotti et al. (2025) examines 80 million GitHub commits (2018–2024). The authors trained neural classifier to spot AI-generated Python functions in the GitHub code. As one can see below, nearly 1/3 of code in the US is being written by AI as of the end of 2024. US: 30.1% Germany: 24.3% France:…
Are You a Startup Seeking to Redefine Healthcare Operations with AI? Apply to Pitch Perfect at INVEST Digital Health
The healthcare startup pitch contest will be the centerpiece of INVEST Digital Health in Dallas on September 18. Apply today! The post Are You a Startup Seeking to Redefine Healthcare Operations with AI? Apply to Pitch Perfect at INVEST Digital Health appeared first on MedCity News.
5 Key Facts About Medicaid Coverage for People Ages 50 and Older
On May 22, the House passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes significant changes to the Medicaid program. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $793 billion and reduce the number of people covered by Medicaid in 2034 by 10.3 million. Many of the reductions in coverage…