January 2019

AI is worsening health disparities ()
Colorado hospital system uses ‘virtual sitter’ to reduce patient falls ()
Human insulin therapy minimizes out-of-pocket costs for type 2 diabetics ()
Funding for medical imaging AI companies tops $1.2B ()
Amazon’s healthcare venture details emerge ()
VA proposes changes to standards of care ()
HIMSS report: Digital health tools must provide better results in 2019 ()
Apple rumored to be in talks with Medicare Advantage plans ()
Lifting the veil on prices is key to lowering healthcare costs ()
Drop in hospital-acquired conditions saved $7.7B ()
Study finds e-cigarettes can help smokers quit ()
Nearly half of adults haven’t heard of Medicare for all ()
AI algorithm IDs wrist fractures with 98% sensitivity ()
CMS expands supplemental benefits for 2020 plan year ()
Meditech, Nuance to provide AI-powered virtual assistants ()
AI-based company to study 1M physician shifts for causes of burnout ()
Primary care follow-up within 7 days of hospital discharge reduces readmissions, cost ()
Gum disease may be cause of Alzheimer’s ()
[Expert Roundtable] Architecting AI: Rethinking Medical Imaging & Defining the Strategy ()
HCCI ends data sharing agreement with UnitedHealthcare ()
Machine learning IDs biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease ()
UnitedHealthcare to pay $91M after denying coverage to some patients ()
RSNA launches AI radiology journal ()
Anthem pushes up PBM launch date ()
VR app provides operating experience for medical students ()
3 ways to solve the bias problem in AI ()
Lessons from Theranos: Startup stealth mode detrimental to healthcare ()
InfoBionic: Cardiac Monitor Disrupts Current Remote Monitoring with ‘Full Disclosure Beat-to-Beat’ Technology ()
Nearly half of 3M, M*Modal customers feel positive toward $1B acquisition ()
Clearwater, Digital Reasoning ink 3-year cyber risk partnership for AI-powered solutions ()
University of Oxford, British AI company partner to study chronic diseases ()
Partners HealthCare CEO to retire ()
One-third of all GoFundMe campaigns pay medical bills ()
Aetna, Apple launch AI-based app to achieve personal health goals ()
Researchers use AI to develop clinical prediction model ()
Hip and knee replacements, costs on the rise in the US ()
Aetna, Apple launch AI-based app to track and incentivize health ()
Amazon is selling hospital rooms ()
IBM, Aetna, healthcare companies to create blockchain network ()
Researchers developing AI tool to predict long-term CVD risk ()
Dartmouth-Hitchcock to merge with GraniteOne Health ()
Publishing drug prices impacts consumers less when out-of-pocket costs are specified ()
CMS launches app to explain what’s covered by Medicare ()
Google’s AI tool struggles in clinical setting ()
International companies leverage AI to boost disease awareness ()
Seattle startup wants to be the Amazon of primary care ()
5 pharma companies to lose $500M each under Trump’s drug pricing proposal ()
3 challenges stopping AI integration in clinical decision support ()
Is AI discouraging trainees from pursuing radiology? ()
NYT: Hospitals gauge their own patients for donations ()
PwC: Healthcare deals will chug along in 2019 ()
Following media attention, $20K hospital bill lowered to $200 ()
Civica Rx to launch 20 generic drugs in 2019 ()
Planned Parenthood announces new AI-powered, sexual health chatbot ()
Healthcare jobs are some of the toughest to fill ()
Uninsured rate rises to four-year high ()
Can AI improve communication between doctors and patients? ()
Wait times shorter for VA patients than those in private sector ()
Global healthcare robotics market to reach $11.4B by 2025 ()
Trump meets with patients, doctors to discuss surprise medical bills ()
Day Zero Diagnostics raises $8.6M to further develop AI-based diagnostic system ()
Walgreens settles fraud cases for $269M ()
Alphabet sees progress in breast cancer care with AI ()
As rural hospitals face closures, Mass. General plans $1B expansion ()
AI system can interpret, prioritize chest X-rays ()
Government shutdown poses risks to ACA, healthcare services ()
Execs rank AI, digital health as top priorities for 2019 ()
Support for Medicare for all remains above 50% ()
Pharma industry spending on lobbying exploded in 2018 ()
Hospital associations propose plan for interoperability ()
Machine-learning method could improve treatment for ICU patients ()
Ascension announces leadership changes, CEO departure ()
More groups ask CMS to push back ACO deadline ()
AI in healthcare alliance launches, announces officers ()
Medicare reimbursements don’t cover the cost of care ()
Verily Study Watch earns FDA clearance for ECG feature ()
As insulin prices rise, managing diabetes becomes more expensive ()
Kaia Health raises $10M for AI apps that treat chronic pain ()
Concern over ACA ruling grows as appeal on pause ()
HHS tech challenge leveraged AI to create digital solutions ()
Where Apple will likely invest in healthcare ()
Doctor perspective: Climate change is a health emergency ()
Facebook gives $7.5M to establish AI ethics center ()
Arizona’s Medicaid work requirements approved ()
User experience on chatbot apps need improvement, report says ()
FDA to push over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote ()
CVS and Walmart come to agreement after drug pricing battle ()
VC funding in digital health reaches $9.5B in 2018 ()
CMS introduces new models to lower drug prices in Part D, Medicare Advantage ()
CMS proposes 2020 payment notice ()
Healthcare industries to be ‘revolutionized’ by AI ()
Healthcare spending on wearables to reach $60B by 2023 ()
Study will use AI to reduce brain injury deaths ()
Walgreens partners with Microsoft in healthcare delivery strategy ()
AI, wearable technology used to detect hidden signs of anxiety, depression in children ()
More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed ()
Healthcare is the hottest stock sector ()
Congress to look into drug prices ()
Machine learning detects, treats UTIs earlier ()
Hospitals deeply impacted by rising drug prices ()
Radiologists at Belgian hospital adopt Aidoc neuro tool into workflows ()
Makers of OxyContin misled patients, doctors on addiction dangers ()
Kaiser Permanente to invest in housing with $100M loan fund ()
Tyto Care extends Series C funding to add key strategic partnerships, bringing total funds raised to $33.5M ()
Toronto children’s hospital names first chair of AI, biomedical informatics ()
2018 M&A market brought out new competitors, strategies ()
Change Healthcare, Health Fidelity partner on AI solution for risk adjustment coding ()
Walmart, CVS split over prescription drug price battle ()
Ping An Global Voyager Fund invests in Airdoc ()
ACA lawsuit on pause during government shutdown ()
IBM, Michael J. Fox Foundation to research Parkinson’s using AI ()
Policy shifts likely to be top healthcare factor in 2019 ()
Executives shuffle at Baylor St. Luke’s following ProPublica investigation ()
Washington scientists test elderly care robot ()
70% say US healthcare is in a state of crisis ()
Despite AI readiness, Middle East lags in adoption ()
ACOs should brace for new shared savings changes ()
Trump administration considering block grants for Medicaid ()
Duke researchers to address AI transparency struggle ()
Flu contributed to 145,000 deaths in 2017 ()
AI algorithm outperforms doctors at finding cervical cancer ()
Boston leads in healthcare M&A ()
ACO industry requests more time to apply for CMS program changes ()
Machine learning gaining importance in imaging field ()
Florida university receives $650K grant to create AI, deep learning lab ()
Johns Hopkins hires investigator amid children’s hospital scandal ()
[Video Presentation] Architecting AI: Rethinking Medical Imaging & Defining the Strategy ()
AI-driven robot industry to approach $19B market by 2020 ()
CMS hires new acting Medicaid, CHIP director ()
Why private equity money targets physician practices ()
Gov. shutdown could delay CVS-Aetna deal proceedings ()
New algorithm could help solve AI’s ‘black box’ challenge ()
Trump administration’s assault on drug prices stuck on Twitter ()
Rising drug costs caused by price hikes, not new innovations ()
Best healthcare jobs of 2019 ()
Former healthcare CEO starts private equity firm ()
Healthcare orgs accelerating AI, big data investments ()
Trump summons top officials after drug prices rise ()
Lark Health and 23andMe Collaborate to Integrate Genetic Information in Two New Health Programs ()
AI-based technique detects early diabetes complication with 98% accuracy ()
American cancer death rate dropped 27% over last quarter-century ()
Hospital readmission reductions aren’t as positive as previously reported ()
Insilico Medicine, TARA Biosystems announce drug discovery partnership ()
The surprising, aggressive billing practices of Zuckerberg Hospital ()
Mayo Clinic researchers use AI, EKG test to detect heart condition ()
Medicaid director resigns after 3 months ()
Women are the majority of the healthcare workforce, but only 30% of leaders ()
GE Healthcare, Vanderbilt to develop AI-powered apps for immunotherapy cancer treatments ()
NPR: Temperature control in medicine delivery a rising risk ()
Cigna, Tenet reach agreement on brink of network coverage lapse ()
New transparency rule requiring hospitals to post prices confuses patients ()
SouthCoast Health, Southeast Georgia’s Largest Independent Physician Group, Partners with Privia Medical Group ()
Healthcare employment soared through end of 2018 ()
Verily raises $1B in investment round ()
WSJ: Private insurers kept $9B in cash from Medicare ()
CarePredict raises $9.5 million for AI technology that monitors senior health ()
New bundled payment program successful in lowering costs ()
AdventHealth Signals a New Beginning in Health Care ()
HHS, industry leaders release voluntary cybersecurity practices for healthcare ()
AI in healthcare market to reach $36.1B by 2025 ()
Payment cuts to 340B drug program put on pause ()
More executives resign from Johns Hopkins ()
Obamacare lawsuit appeals process to launch ()
Newly-formed alliance for AI in healthcare to officially launch ()
AI-powered nutrition app launches in the UK ()
Machine learning reidentifies private health data of children, adults ()
Investigation: Johns Hopkins hospitals don’t follow safety rules ()
Judge: ACA to stay in place during appeals process ()