Medicare ACOs saved $2.4B in 2024, setting a new program record
Accountable care organizations saved Medicare $2.4 billion last year, according to new federal data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Google unveils AI health coach for Fitbit—Health Tech Roundup
Fitbit app gets AI upgrade with personal health coach As fitness trackers get artificial intelligence updates, Google developed an AI-powered...
Unite Us CEO Dan Brillman top contender for Medicaid director
Speculation has been swirling about who might take the top Medicaid job in the Trump administration. Among the top contenders:...
Immigration raids push patients into telehealth
Jacob Sweidan has seen his patients through the federal immigration raids of the 1990s, a sitting governor’s call to abolish...
Epic adds Ambience’s AI to its Toolbox program
Ambience, an artificial intelligence platform for documentation, coding and clinical workflow, has been added to Epic’s Toolbox program for ambient voice...
Athenahealth rolling out AI-native version of EHR platform
Athenahealth is rolling out new artificial intelligence features for ambulatory providers as part of a larger upgrade to an “AI-native”...
Ascension launches new institute to vet, deploy innovations
Ascension is taking a more intentional approach to innovations with a new unit dedicated to exploring, vetting and deploying tech...
HHS finalizes rule for prescription drug cost transparency
The health IT arm of the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a rule this week that federal leaders...
Epic integrates AHA’s postpartum risk assessment toolkit
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and Epic are collaborating to offer a set of tools at the point of care...
Why strengthening community health infrastructure matters
America’s healthcare sector is a paradox. We spend nearly $5 trillion a year, yet millions of our citizens are stranded in...
