Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.
The collaboration between the chipmaker and Abridge, a developer of generative AI for healthcare, will involve data-sharing to improve Nvidia’s general-purpose models, which in turn will be used to make Abridge’s clinical offerings more efficient.
The Kentucky-based insurance giant had owned a 40% stake in the hospice company, stemming from its 2021 acquisition of Kindred Healthcare. Humana said a “consortium of investors" is making the buy, but few details were revealed.
The buyout, announced last summer, drew the attention of federal regulators at the Federal Trade Commission, concerned that competition for ambulatory surgery services would be stifled by the merger. To appease the agency, Ascension has agreed to divest from some centers previously owned by Amsurg.
When Mayo Clinic and Microsoft announced last week that they’re partnering to develop a frontier AI model for healthcare, observers could see where Mayo’s expertise in advanced digital medicine would interest Microsoft. The Big Tech behemoth has not been coy about its healthcare ambitions.
Melissa Davis, MD, vice chair of medical informatics and associate professor at Yale University’s Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, shares her findings from research on private equity market penetration.
Liberator Medical Supply was accused of offering doctors kickbacks, such as discounted and free supplies, in exchange for filling prescriptions with its products.
The last count submitted to HHS in October pegged the number at 100 million. Now that figure sits at 190 million, and the company continues its investigation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services appealed a court ruling that ordered the agency to change the star rating for UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Part D plans, which had been reduced due to a disputed phone call. CMS has now dropped the appeal.