Physicians’ use of artificial intelligence has more than doubled since 2023, with 81% surveyed by the American Medical Association reporting that they currently use the technology in a professional context. The most common among the physician users were applications focused on documenting clinical care and summarizing medical research. The AMA noted that the proportion of physicians using AI for summaries...
Misdiagnoses due to artificial intelligence and rural communities’ limited access to care should be front of mind for healthcare organizations looking to minimize preventable harm and improve patient outcomes in 2026, warned ECRI in a report released this week. The two issues were at the top of the healthcare safety group’s annual ranking of top patient safety concerns,...
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The insurer-backed Better Medicare Alliance, a Medicare Advantage advocacy group, and over 100 other organizations sent a letter Feb. 27 to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, urging the agency to modify 2027 rate levels for Medicare Advantage. The signatories included health plans and affiliated organizations — such as the BCBS Association — as well as broker and provider groups. The letter said that...
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For years, IT leaders have warned about the risks of “shadow IT” — the unauthorized use of software or cloud services. A new subset of this issue is “shadow AI,” in which clinicians and other health system employees use unauthorized large language models. Healthcare Innovation recently spoke with Alex Tyrrell, Ph.D., head of advanced technology at Wolters Kluwer and chief technology officer for...
Last week, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) announced the launch of the Center for Mobile Health, a resource hub dedicated to expanding access to care through mobile health programs and policy initiatives. In a news release, the MD-based healthcare advocacy organization stated that the Center for Mobile Health will gather leading mobile health experts...
CMS unveiled a proposed rule Feb. 9 that would reshape the ACA marketplace for plan year 2027, expanding insurer flexibility on plan design, tightening eligibility verification and re-introducing several program integrity measures that were blocked by a federal court last year. The proposed rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on Feb. 11, is accepting public comments through March 11. Multiple...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon signed a massive funding package that ends a brief government shutdown and provides full-year funding for the federal government through the end of the year. The bill provides a five-year extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home program and a two-year extension for Medicare telehealth flexibilities....
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U.S. not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals with high exposure to patients insured through the ACA Marketplace face heightened financial headwinds with the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, Fitch Ratings says. Risk is concentrated in Medicaid non-expansion states without coverage backstops, while diversified urban systems and hospitals in states with safety-net programs face less pressure. ...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said late Thursday that the estimated improper payment rate in traditional Medicare was 6.55%, or $28.83 billion, in 2025. That's down from $31.7 billion, or a 7.66% rate, the year prior. The CMS said ina fact sheetthat this marks the ninth year in a row in which this figure has been below the 10% threshold required by statute.
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The Trump administration has released a new update on enrollment on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges, with signups lagging notably behind figures for the 2025 plan year. Per the latestsnapshot report, nearly 22.8 million people have signed up for coverage across the exchanges through Jan. 3. By comparison, 23.6 million people had enrolled in ACA plans through...
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