CNBC – Health-care payments company Waystar on Monday announced a new generative artificial intelligence tool that can help hospitals quickly tackle one of their most costly and tedious responsibilities: fighting insurance denials….
MAGA GOP Aims To Rein in Medicaid Handouts, Prevent “Fiscal Collapse”
Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low. Donald Trump’s return to the White House — along with a GOP-controlled Senate…
Simple Health Tips Experts Swear By
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Our reporters went to leading specialists they’ve interviewed over the years and asked them: What is the one health tip you learned in your work that you…
Anita Bryant, ‘Canceled’ for Her Christian Faith, Dies at 84
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Anita Bryant, the singer and former beauty queen who had a flourishing music career in the 1960s and ’70 but whose opposition to gay rights — she…
Texas Has a Point About Online Pornography
THE NEW YORK TIMES – When does freedom for adults become cruelty to children? The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, that raises…
Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans
KFF Health News – Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged…
Official Confirms Chronic Wasting Disease In Wild Deer In Chippewa County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2025-01-08 Contact: Terry Shaurette, DNR Chippewa County Wildlife Biologist MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease…
Eating more peanuts, herbs, and spices can boost your gut microbiome
ZME SCIENCE – Imagine a bustling city on a weekday morning, with sidewalks crowded by people rushing to work. Now shrink that scene to a microscopic scale, and you get an idea…
More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary
NBC NEWS – More than 15,000 doctors have signed a letter urging senators to vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services….
Prices of top 25 Medicare Part D drugs have nearly doubled, AARP study finds
NBC NEWS – List prices for the top 25 prescription drugs covered by Medicare Part D have nearly doubled, on average, since they were first brought to market, according to a new…