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AI fills front office staffing gaps, but who manages the AI?
Astrana Health's experience with front-office AI highlights the need for a balance between automation, human support and ongoing ...
Developers, not doctors, should be held accountable for generative AI medical devices, providers say
Provider groups flocked to comment on a proposal from the Food and Drug Administration on regulating generative AI-backed medical...
Survey: Providers, payers prefer to buy rather than build AI
With ROI, change management and workflow integration challenging AI in healthcare, providers and payers are increasingly ...

Uninsured rate rises to 11% ahead of Medicaid work requirements
Cuts to federal programs and the loss of enhanced subsidies on the exchanges could deepen an existing healthcare affordability ...
Ghost networks haunt mental health access, study finds
A secret shopper study found less than a quarter of calls to mental health clinicians resulted in appointments, with directory ...
CMS proposes rule to clean up MA provider directories, shine light on PBMs
The proposed changes would implement key healthcare provisions in a government funding package from February.

Investor suit says UnitedHealth ignored governance, cybersecurity gaps for years
The laundry list of allegations include claims that UnitedHealth deceived investors, artificially inflated share prices and ...
Cyberattack forces temporary closure of 83 AnMed facilities
Nonprofit health system AnMed's medical group and imaging offices will be closed on July 27 as it responds to a cyberattack; ...
Hackers steal customer data from major hospital software vendor
The breach is another reminder of how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to supply-chain attacks.

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