Zelis highlights, through a recent survey, how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs. The findings provide a comprehensive view of the healthcare financial landscape, bringing together stakeholder perspectives, priorities and the opportunities to address them.
We need to pivot from a deficiency to an abundance model – from over-focusing on what an individual cannot do, to making the most of the physical and mental resources at hand to maximize independence, dignity, and quality of life. This includes rethinking physical environments and thoughtfully embedding technology to support capability rather than limitation as we adapt to a new reality.
Artera President Tom McIntyre talks about the practical application of AI in healthcare.
The problem isn’t whether these modalities work, but how they’re being implemented into the workforce. Efficient rollout, proper training, and ongoing education are vital for these new methods to reach their full potential.
For providers, the rules mean more control over monitoring and the chance to keep a larger share of reimbursement. For device companies, they create a chance to show measurable value and guide clinicians through a system that is shifting quickly.
Companies can avoid this trap by treating future growth as a foundation, not a later stage. Decision makers need to work backwards from scale, building software architecture and commercial architecture together. This shift alone helps teams make smarter choices within the first 90 days of a product’s launch.
The new era is more predictive, assistive, and actionable. But providers and patients need to know what to look for.
How to turn analytics into actual policy outcomes.
A webinar sponsored by Smarter Technologies and moderated by MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar included insights on the user experience and benefits from Lakeland Regional Health.
True interoperability is a prerequisite for patient-centered, efficient and scalable digital health solutions. And among the different types of interoperability, semantic interoperability stands out as the goal many are striving toward.
A webinar on Thursday, January 22 at 1pm ET will discuss the findings of the AI Index in RCM report, published by MedCity News and sponsored by Smarter Technologies.
Matt Holt, former New Mountain Capital executive, is exploring a $30 billion deal to combine five health tech startups into a single platform called Thoreau. The venture would set out to simplify and integrate services across payers, providers and data — and if completed, it would rank among the largest private equity-backed health tech companies ever. Time will tell if this massive consolidation ever gets completed or translates into real value — or if it's just another bet on scale.
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
Monopolistic practices often fly under the radar, but they take a steep toll in many areas of healthcare. Here are four types of hidden costs we need to consider.
As healthcare continues to become more decentralized, enabling patients to be successful with their therapies at home isn’t just a “nice to have,” it’s a “must have.”
New mental health treatment tools based on technology work, and outcomes are exceptional. Now health plans must expand coverage so more patients can access these new treatments.
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Executives from health tech companies who attended HLTH 2025 shared their different approaches to healthcare innovation to address inadequately met care needs.