Anomaly Insights launches AI solution for managed care executives
The Manage platform examines all claims across every payer in a health system’s contract, identifying behavior patterns and synthesizing complex data.
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Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
Screwworm fly detected in Texas for first time in decades
A flesh-eating parasite has been detected in Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Inspection Service confirmed Wednesday. A New World screwworm (NWS) was found in a young calf in Zavala County, which is southwest of San Antonio. This is the only confirmed case at this time, and it is the first...
Read full article →Louisiana’s Reporting Law Chills Immigrant Medicaid Applications
A year after the measure’s passage, a state law is keeping immigrants and their children from accessing Medicaid even when they qualify.
Read full article →RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans’ Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines
To collect and scrutinize millions of Americans’ health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health systems share medical records. In Nebraska, millions in federal dollars has flowed into one nonprofit cooperating with Kennedy’s project.
Read full article →STAT+: After hospitals, patients get a turn to bring AI into the doctor’s office
Ambient scribes were the first large-scale application of AI in health care. Now developers are pitching them as diligent note-takers for patients.
Read full article →Opinion: Lawmakers promised cancer patients would be protected from Medicaid cuts. Now CMS says otherwise
“One of the cancer community’s worst fears is coming to pass,” writes Gwen Nichols of Blood Cancer United.
Read full article →Opinion: Grail’s multi-cancer early detection trial was negative. But as an oncologist, I see more to this story
An oncologist shares three lessons from the world’s first randomized trial on a multi-cancer early detection.
Read full article →What happens at a longevity festival?
What happens at a longevity festival? On this week's STATus Report, Alex Hogan gets a dispatch from STAT's Sarah Todd.
Read full article →Male puberty is understudied — but when it starts may predict long-term health risks
Due to a significant gender gap, far less is known about the health risks of early or late puberty onset among boys than girls.
Read full article →Some students with disabilities rely on screens at school. What happens if they're banned?
Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools.
Read full article →With World Cup set to begin, public health officials hope to defend against germs
The World Cup gets underway next week and millions will pack huge stadiums to watch. Public health officials will be watching too, only they're looking for germs that could spread at these matches!
Read full article →Weakened public health powers could hamper states' outbreak responses
Public health experts are worried that states are less prepared to respond to the Ebola outbreak and other infectious disease threats because many weakened their public health authorities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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