This week Washington took a major step toward nailing down a solid game plan on federal AI spending for everything outside of defense.

The Rand Corporation is reporting that, in 2022, employers and private insurers paid hospitals an average 254% more than what Medicare would have spent for the same services in the same facilities.

Four of five hospital leaders trust the accuracy of their institution’s data. Yet almost half of useable data gets underutilized if not completely untapped for guiding business and clinical decisions.

Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund has the wherewithal to pay the full bill for beneficiaries’ stays in hospitals, hospice sites and skilled nursing facilities for the next 12 years. But what then? 

Half a year after President Biden officially directed federal agencies in the executive branch’s bailiwick to “seize the promise and manage the risks” of AI, the White House has posted a status report.

Budgeting for generative AI in healthcare has skyrocketed, albeit in pockets, by as much as 300% year over year. 

Physician payments are down slightly across the board, but they've fallen significantly for a handful of specialties. Researchers examined the long-term impact this trend could have on patient care.

Infectious disease experts are ratcheting up their watchfulness of the H5N1 influenza virus. That’s because the strain of “bird flu” has continued turning up in domestic livestock.