Suki raises $70M to expand healthcare AI scribe
The Series D round will allow the startup to speed new product development, invest in commercial initiatives and add to its leadership team.
Medicare Advantage star ratings fall again in 2025
About 40% of MA plans with prescription drug coverage will earn four or more stars, a dip from 42% this year, according to data released by the CMS.
Fewer than 1 in 5 employer-sponsored plans cover GLP-1s for weight loss
While employers footed the bill for health plan price increases in 2024, they were largely unwilling to give employees access to popular weight loss drugs.
Baxter ups IV fluid allocations amid supply shortages
As hospitals around the U.S. report IV fluid shortages, Baxter has increased supply allocations for direct customers and distributors. It plans to return to 90% to 100% allocation of certain supplies by the end of 2024.
When managing a healthcare practice, what’s the value of prevention?
Here are the legal issues providers need to know as litigation increases around healthcare fraud and abuse, according to two experts.
Microsoft unveils new healthcare AI tools
The products include a service that helps healthcare organizations build their own AI agents that could be used for appointment scheduling, clinical trial matching and patient triage.
Hurricane Milton disrupts infrastructure, could trigger more hospital evacuations in Florida
While Florida hospitals largely withstood the worst of the hurricane’s impacts, disruptions to public services could result in more patient transfers in the coming days.
UnitedHealth, CVS push to remove FTC Chair Lina Khan from PBM case
Attorneys argue Khan and two other commissioners are biased against pharmacy benefit managers and should recuse themselves from an ongoing lawsuit against the middlemen.
The number of AI medical devices has spiked in the past decade
The FDA has authorized nearly 1,000 medical devices with artificial intelligence features as companies including GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers build out their AI efforts.
Centene completes sale of management services subsidiary
The sale of Collaborative Health Systems to value-based care firm Astrana Health comes after Centene has divested a number of non-core assets in recent years.