Can AI Help Cure America’s Healthcare Pricing Problem?
AI is not a silver bullet, but its thoughtful application to administrative automation offers one of the most realistic paths to reducing healthcare costs without sacrificing quality.
Price Transparency Enforcement Is Still A Shared Responsibility
Despite all the noise around the updates, there’s one area that’s been conspicuously absent this year: enforcement of patient estimate requirements.
The New Blueprint: How Clever Care Health Plan is Scaling Its Member Experience [Video]
MedCity News was at the Vive conference and spoke with executives who shared their insights for the healthcare industry.
The Crisis That Unites Us: Healthcare Costs Are Breaking Everyone
The transformation of our healthcare system can start now, with employers adopting value-based care models, communities demanding better access, and policymakers challenging the status quo.
A 2,100% Markup: My Battle with a Vastly Overpriced Knee Brace — and U.S. Healthcare
I asked if I could purchase the brace myself and bring it to the surgery. The answer was an unequivocal no: the health insurer’s contracted rate required me to purchase the brace from the hospital as part of the procedure.
Earlier Detection and Treatment are Essential for Meeting VBC Goals
While VBC opens the door to new care models, they alone cannot solve another key driver of healthcare costs: many people are diagnosed late in their disease progression when care costs are higher.
Short-Term Thinking Is Undermining Healthcare — Here’s What We Need Instead
Adopting an infinite mindset could be the antidote to the slow destruction of healthcare by short-term thinking.
The Mechanics of a More Connected Healthcare Ecosystem [Video]
Arbiter’s Anjali Jameson on hospital and payer alignment.