6+ hour, 48+ min ago  (229+ words) Vanderbilt Health chief executive Dr. Jeff Balser will retire at the end of the year after almost two decades in the role, the health system announced Thursday. The Nashville, Tennessee-based academic health system said its board of directors will begin…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (576+ words) The agency plans to introduce AI agents to help Medicare beneficiaries find doctors and health plans, a challenge given many enrollees don't yet trust the tools, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said. LAS VEGAS " The CMS wants to deploy artificial…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (611+ words) Artificial intelligence tools could help safety-net organizations close gaps created by massive cuts to Medicaid signed into law last year, experts said at the HIMSS conference Wednesday. LAS VEGAS " Adopting artificial intelligence tools could be a boon for safety-net health…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (389+ words) IT developers who lose their certification would also forfeit some financial incentives, ASTP/ONC head Dr. Thomas Keane said at the HIMSS conference. LAS VEGAS " Ease of health data exchange is a top priority for the nation's health IT regulator,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (383+ words) The technology giant is the latest in a string of companies to roll out an AI tool specific to consumers" health queries. Microsoft"s health chatbot comes after several other tech firms have released their own AI assistants geared toward…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (698+ words) Congressional investigators found Medicare Part B premiums rose by more than $200 per member, totaling $13.4 billion in additional spending, due to the alleged overpayments. Medicare Advantage was created in the late 1990s to save taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries money and improve care…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (440+ words) The settlement announced by the Department of Justice on Wednesday comes after federal regulators accused Aetna of submitting inaccurate data to the CMS. In MA, the government pays private insurers a flat fee per member, adjusted up or down based…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (567+ words) Poor grades assigned by the nonprofit watchdog to the Tenet hospitals in Florida were based on methodology that "has no scientific basis" and "misrepresents hospital safety," a federal judge ruled. Leapfrog bills itself as a consumer watchdog group that aims…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (909+ words) Artificial intelligence is swiftly evolving, forcing regulators to figure out how to oversee a'technology that can act autonomously and potentially improve itself. LAS VEGAS " Artificial intelligence tools are improving rapidly, leaving regulators and lawmakers the challenging task of determining how…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (429+ words) Shortages of behavioral healthcare providers have been a bottleneck to UHS" growth. Monday"s acquisition of Talkspace for $5.25 a share should help the for-profit hospital giant get around that. UHS, one of the biggest healthcare providers in the U.S., has zeroed…...