The Overlooked Global Warming Cost We Can’t Ignore
Climate change not only impacts patients with respiratory allergies, but it also has potential broad and emerging impacts on patients with food allergies and overall public health.
The Promise of AI in Enhancing Specialist-Level Diagnoses in Primary Care: Overcoming Adoption Barriers
By embedding AI into primary care workflows, clinicians can validate their decisions and make more accurate and timely diagnoses, ensuring that patients receive the care they need without unnecessary delays.
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Navina’s AI Copilot Eases the Value-Based Burden, Study Shows
A new independent study from Phyx Primary Care’s Innovation Lab points to measurable improvements in physician burnout, documentation efficiency, and key VBC metrics among primary care practices.
Patients Are More Likely To Get Cancer Screenings Once on Medicare, Report Finds
For breast cancer, 20.5% of patients received a screening in the year prior to being on Medicare, compared to 30.4% in the first year of being on Medicare, according to an Epic Research report. For colorectal cancer, screening rates jumped from 6% in the year before being on Medicare to 11% in the first year of being on Medicare.
OIG: MA companies used chart reviews, health risk assessments to boost CMS payments
Overall, MA companies generated an estimated $9.2 billion in risk-adjusted payments for diagnoses listed only on chart reviews and health risk assessments, with the top 20 companies receiving more than half of the payments. OIG is urging CMS to provide more oversight.