1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (810+ words) The recent attention surrounding hantavirus has understandably unsettled people. A virus associated with rodents, severe respiratory illness, and mortality rates that can exceed 35% is going to generate concern whenever new cases appear or unusual transmission questions arise. But the larger…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago  (340+ words) Without knowledge of the exact amount providers billed and middlemen charged in fees, OPM can't fix payment discrepancies. The Office of Personnel Management recently'made headlines'by requesting health claims data for workers covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program....

2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (530+ words) Patients are trying to navigate insurance confusion, coordinate care, manage prescriptions, and understand the following steps that often feel unclear. Static chatbots were never built for this level of responsibility. Agentic AI is. Or at least that is the idea....

11+ hour, 2+ min ago  (401+ words) Neurovalens' Modius Spero has become the first FDA-approved neuromodulation device for treating PTSD symptoms. Veterans are set to gain access through the VA this summer. This week, Neurovalens" Modius Spero became the first neuromodulation device to earn FDA approval to…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago  (530+ words) FDA approval of Orca Bio's Tregzi makes it the first cell therapy based on regulatory T cells, or Tregs. Clinical trial results showed reduced risk of graft-versus-host disease, a common complication of the allogeneic stem cell transplants that are a…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago  (353+ words) Evernorth is investing $100 million through 2028 in Pharmacy Forward, an AI-powered program aimed at improving specialty pharmacy operations and patient care. Evernorth, the health services division of The Cigna Group, launched a new AI-powered program for specialty pharmacy on Thursday called…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1315+ words) In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Cathleen Brown, medical director of menopause company Winona. We discuss the company's new Winona Research Initiative, which seeks to fund and support menopause and women's health research. Welcome back to another episode of…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (205+ words) These three patterns keep showing up, and each is much cheaper to prevent than to fix later. Almost every healthcare AI pilot I have seen clear its success criteria has gone on to struggle in production, sometimes within months of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (912+ words) These tools are worth implementing. They are not worth implementing without the right preparation. But hospitals with the highest operating margins and patient volumes were also the ones most likely to have adopted early. Smaller, lower-resourced systems are still catching…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (821+ words) Career stagnation can be an easy problem to miss, especially when headcount looks stable or vacancy pressure eases. But when workers feel stuck in place, with limited opportunities to advance or deepen their skills, disengagement tends to follow. In allied…...