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The insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group said the shift is part of its ongoing effort to eliminate the barriers between care delivery and medical coverage. The full list of services exempt from prior authorizations includes diagnostic tests and many outpatient surgeries.
Hospital-at-home inpatient care is no worse than its traditional counterpart at facilitating good clinical outcomes for reasonable overall costs. In fact “HaH” is sometimes considerably better on both those scores.
Becoming a father seems to make a man less likely to die young. What’s more, when a father passes away within the first five years of his child’s life, the cause is usually non-natural and thus preventable.
Provider organizations are using generative AI for all sorts of use cases. It’s delivering impressive returns in two—tech support and patient experience.
A slow but sure approach to governance can keep AI champions focused on improving patient care when—and even after—the technology builds unstoppable momentum seemingly of its own accord.
Peter Weiss, MD, a veteran electrophysiologist, sat down with Cardiovascular Business to discuss the ongoing rise of pulsed field ablation. While he's impressed with the technology, he says many questions remain about its long-term value.
The FDA has finalized new Class I recalls related to ongoing safety concerns with Boston Scientific’s Accolade family of pacemakers. A software update is now available to help address the issue, and an additional update is already in the works.
What good is AI in healthcare if it doesn’t improve financial margins? The question is getting posed in the C-suites of provider organizations and insurance companies.
Three leading medical societies collaborated on the new document, providing detailed recommendations that cover a wide variety of technologies and clinical scenarios.
The new platform provides users with real-time access to high-quality electrocardiograms and patient data. The goal is to ensure everyone is on the same page at all times, with no unnecessary delays.