AI Will Reshape the Patient Experience
We’re about to enter a world beyond just talking to a chat tool about your health. AI tools are on the precipice of being able to take action on their advice.
Healthcare Investors Are Rewriting the ROI Playbook from Cost-Cutting to Cash Flow
Unlike past healthcare tech waves sold on cost savings, AI is proving it can generate new revenue — with returns as high as 100x, according to a panel of investors at MedCity News' Bullseye event.
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The Healthcare Payments Industry Faces a Perception Challenge
Healthcare payments are no longer about transactions. It’s about controlling the revenue cycle. And increasingly, that control is not sitting with ISOs.
Assured Health Secures $19M to Get Providers In-Network Faster with Agentic AI
Assured Health raised $19 million for its AI agents that verify provider credentials and manage insurance enrollment for health systems and group practices. The startup said it can cut a process that usually takes months down to days.
Where Will AI Deployment Benefit Payers the Most?
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The Same AI That Helps Patients Is Being Used to Attack Them, Hospital Exec Says
As hospitals increasingly use AI to improve patient care, the same technology is being used by hackers and nation-states to launch faster, more sophisticated attacks. Karen Habercoss, chief information security and privacy officer at the University of Chicago Medicine, explained how her health system is building a governance structure to manage that risk.
Expecting Massive Test Growth in Cancer & More, Tempus AI Strikes $1.5B Deal to Buy Personalis
Personalis’s liquid biopsy is part of a growing market for minimal residual disease assays, tests that look for any remaining cancer cells after the initial treatment. Tempus AI has been the commercial partner on this Personalis test since 2023.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
The AI Tension in Healthcare: Patent Strategy, FDA Reality, and HIPAA Constraints
These three legal regimes are pulling in different directions, and the developers that navigate them well will be the ones that plan for all three from the start.
The ‘Bot Vs. Bot’ Dynamic Between Providers & Payers Is Driving Up Costs for Everyone
HSS chief digital and information officer Ashis Barad, who has worked on both the payer and provider sides of healthcare AI, thinks the industry's growing "bot vs. bot" battle over prior authorizations and appeals is driving costs up. To him, the real fix lies in providers and payers sharing data to build more personalized care pathways.
Building AI-Ready Public Health Data Systems for Faster, Safer Decisions
For years, the healthcare industry treated data collection as the main challenge. The next phase is about interpretation, coordination, and operational usability.
‘The Moat is No Longer Technological’: How Digital Health Fundraising Changed in H1
Digital health funding hit $7.4 billion in the first half of 2026, with megadeals absorbing nearly half of all capital. As AI becomes table stakes, founders and investors say the real differentiator is now domain expertise rather than technology.
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New Webinar: The Payer AI Readiness Gap: Why Better Data Will Define the Next Era of Health Plan Performance
We'll explore why the next era of payer performance will depend on building a trusted data foundation that connects people, providers, and relationships across the enterprise.
Answers at the Speed of Thought: Healthcare Analytics in the Era of Agentic AI
We are moving into an era where we can finally converse with our data. We can ask, "Why are denials spiking in Region X?" or "Show me the safety profile of this cohort," and receive an answer, not a spreadsheet.
The Measurement Problem Behind Two Decades of Neurology Trial Failures
The FDA now treats continuous, real-time data sharing as a regulatory direction of travel rather than a theoretical future. The neurology field should pay close attention.
Off the Radar: How Unapproved AI Is Complicating Healthcare Cyber Risk
You cannot secure what you cannot see, and right now, healthcare organizations are accumulating hidden cyber liabilities with every keystroke.
Kaiser Nurses Protest CEO’s AHA Appearance Over AI Concerns
As Kaiser Permanente CEO Greg Adams touted the success of his organization’s value-based care models at the AHA Leadership Summit in Denver, Kaiser nurses outside protested the health system's AI strategy. They claim they're being excluded from decisions about the technology.
Healthcare Must Protect Innovation, Not Just Patient Data
Healthcare cybersecurity is no longer just about protecting electronic health records. It is increasingly about protecting the research, algorithms, clinical data, and intellectual property that drive the next generation of medicine.