MedCity News

Nkarta Autoimmune Disease Cell Therapy’s First Human Data Show Safety, Signs of Efficacy

What’s Driving the Consumerization of Healthcare?

Patients increasingly expect convenient, consumer-focused healthcare experiences, panelists said at the recent MedCity INVEST Digital Health Conference.

By Marissa Plescia

MedCity Influencers

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Missing the Point: Isolation Alone Will Not Build AI Safety

Treating AI agents like contract nurses and minimizing their access to critical patient information certainly reduces potential risk. But, it also minimizes key opportunities.

By Gennady Gekht

BioPharma, Pharma

Bispecific J&J Drug Wins Speedy FDA Approval for Treating Head & Neck Cancer

Accelerated FDA approval of Johnson & Johnson’s Rybrevant Faspro covers advanced cases of head and neck cancer. The bispecific antibody was initially approved for treating certain lung cancers.

By Frank Vinluan

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Hospitals, Payers

Experian Health Survey: Providers Struggle Amid Increasing Claim Denials

A new Experian Health survey finds that healthcare providers’ efforts to prevent claims denials are falling short, with many reporting an increase in denials over last year and increasingly complex payer requirements.

By Jenna Congdon

MedCity Influencers

The Big Challenge for AI in Healthcare Comes After Approval

Typically, software placed on the market will undergo changes and updates after its initial release. In the case of healthcare AI, changes can occur, often unexpectedly, even when the developers have not updated the model.

By Sara Jaworska

MedCity Influencers

Why Physician Leadership Is More Important Than Ever

One voice needs to be increasingly present in the rooms where healthcare’s future is being decided: the physician’s.

By Dr. Yogin Patel

MedCity Influencers

Myths of Customer Discovery

Customer discovery is a well accepted idea in any innovation process. At the core of it, it means talking to potential customers about an invention. In reality, it is a more evolved process, and often less understood than it first appears.

By Alok Gangaramany

Artificial Intelligence

Debunked Episode 31: CVS Health Restructure, AI ROI Report Findings, FTC Warning Letters

In the latest episode of the Debunked podcast, MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra, Managing Partner of Health Innovation Pitch, talked about a new report by Bessemer Venture Partners assessing AI ROI, their insights on the CVS Health restructure, FTC warning letters sent to healthcare organizations, and more.

By Stephanie Baum

The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices

Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.

By Michael Blackman, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer, Greenway Health®

Payers, Consumer / Employer

How Can Payers Fit Into the Consumer Health Era?

During a panel at MedCity INVEST Digital Health, healthcare experts discussed the role of payers in the new consumer-driven healthcare era.

By Marissa Plescia

Physicians, Providers

Do We Have a Choice But to Ensure the Success of VBC? Part 1

In part 1, we delve into how physicians are looking at value-based care. It involves a visit to a local

By Arundhati Parmar

Devices & Diagnostics

Why the Wealth of Data From Wearables Are Important for Consumers and Clinicians

Growing use of wearable technologies and the data they produce was discussed by a panel at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health Conference in Dallas.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

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AI Didn’t Reduce Clinician Burden — It Just Moved It

Documentation tools have value. They solve a visible pain point well. But solving a visible pain point is not the same as solving the right one.

By Ambreén Zaman Riaz

MedCity Influencers

The Dangerous Illusion of the “Two-Week AI Expert”: A Call to Action Against Superficial Medical Education

If we choose the quick fix, let us be honest about the consequences: when an unexamined algorithm leads to a fatal diagnostic error, the blame will not lie with the black box. It will lie with us, because we were too reckless to teach the fundamentals when we still had the chance.

By Gheorghe Ioan Mihalas

MedCity Influencers

When Medicaid’s Data Can’t Verify Eligibility, Members Shouldn’t Lose Coverage

When verification fails and an eligible member loses coverage, treatment can be interrupted, medications can go unfilled and manageable conditions can become medical emergencies.

By Scott H. Schnell

Consumer / Employer

CVS Health Bids Goodbye to Vertical Integration But Not Conflict of Interest

CVS Health plans to split into two companies by 2028, but experts say the move may not resolve conflicts of interest between its insurance and PBM businesses.

By Marissa Plescia

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Receive $4M NIH Grant to Build AI Model To Prevent Kidney Injury

Acute kidney injury is a common and sometimes serious surgical complication. Researchers at New York’s Mount Sinai health system are building AI models to better predict who's most at risk, so that healthcare providers can offer individualized, preventive care.

By Jenna Congdon

BioPharma, Pharma

Servier Stumbles in Muscle Disease as Drug From $1.5B Deal Fails Pivotal Test

Servier’s sevasemten came from the acquisition of the muscular dystrophy assets of Edgewise Therapeutics. While the small molecule had met the goal of a Phase 2 test in Becker muscular dystrophy, Servier said new results in a pivotal cohort do not show statistically significant benefit.

By Frank Vinluan