Disadvantaged counties are less likely to have Medicare Advantage plans with 4.5 stars or higher and more likely to have plans with 3.5 stars or lower, a new study found. The post Report: Higher-Rated MA Plans Are Less Available in Vulnerable Counties appeared first on MedCity News.

The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use expressed concern about brain complications associated with the Eisai Alzheimer’s drug, Leqembi. Eisai said it will ask the committee to reconsider the negative opinion. The post EMA Committee’s Negative Opinion for Eisai Alzheimer’s Drug Focuses on Safety Risks appeared first on MedCity News.

The attack has given detailed dossiers on millions of lives to criminals, employers, enemies and anyone with the means and motivation to exploit them. This isn’t just another data breach, it’s a healthcare catastrophe — and it’s being inexplicably downplayed. The post Credit Monitoring Won’t Save You: The True Fallout of the Change Healthcare Hack...

GenAI will help healthcare reach its destination of efficiency and superior outcomes, but we can’t lose sight of the need for human touch, quality interactions and data to navigate us forward. The post GenAI is a Goal but Not the Destination in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.

As other industries confront what some see as a ‘wild west’ in terms of AI adoption, the healthcare industry is already using it, with guardrails in place to protect the patients and healthcare workers who are its customers. To maintain this momentum and not stymie it, policies must be in place that spur continued adoption of this technology. The post...

A 10-year partnership between the two organization will standardize patient monitoring hardware and software across 49 Bon Secours Mercy Health hospitals. The post What Bon Secours’ 10-Year Partnership with Philips Hopes to Achieve appeared first on MedCity News.