UnitedHealthcare launched Avery, an AI assistant to help members manage benefits and care with live support backup. The post UnitedHealthcare Unveils AI Companion to Improve Navigation appeared first on MedCity News.
The Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against NewYork-Presbyterian, alleging the hospital used “all-or-nothing” contracts that blocked lower-cost plans and limited competition. The case comes just five weeks after the Justice Department filed a similar lawsuit against OhioHealth. The post DOJ Cracks Down on Unfair Contracts with New Lawsuit Against NewYork-Presbyterian appeared first on…
The Trump administration is using migrant children held by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement to lure parents and relatives into immigration detention, whether or not they have a criminal record. In one example, a dad went to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New Mexico, thinking he was…
By KIM BELLARD We are living, you’d have to say, in the age of bullshit. Our politicians can’t answer the simplest of questions without spouting word salad answers aimed at running out the clock until the next question. Our corporations spew endless platitudes about their lofty goals in an attempt to distract us from their…
[Sponsored] A new eBook, sponsored by PurpleLab, examines how a significant number of patients with non-small cell lung cancer miss out on optimal care due to gaps in biomarker testing, socioeconomic barriers, incomplete patient journey data, and what can be done to change that. The post How Real-World Data Is Reshaping the NSCLC Patient Journey…
Reducing unnecessary utilization, expanding timely access to care and easing workforce burdens can help providers and health plans deliver improved healthcare for complex patient populations in the year ahead. The post Closing Behavioral Care Gaps: Three Ways Providers And Health Plans Can Reimagine Care appeared first on MedCity News.
As robotic systems grow more integrated, portable, and affordable, community hospitals will continue to play a leading role in redefining access to innovation. The post Democratizing Access: How Community Hospitals Can Drive the Next Wave of Robotic Bronchoscopy appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] Mobile clinics are expanding access to care by helping health care organizations deliver services directly to communities. The post Top Companies to Build and Operate Mobile Clinics for Your Organization appeared first on MedCity News.
This analysis examines the competitiveness of markets for hospital care and finds that nearly half of metropolitan areas across the country had only one or two hospitals or health systems providing general inpatient hospital care in 2024.
Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration is claiming wins in reducing the problem while simultaneously saying more controls are needed. It has proposed a sweeping set of ACA regulations for next year, including stepped-up requirements for some applicants to…