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This Startup Built A Hospital In India To Test Its AI Software

Forbes Healthcare

There was the painfully slow process of signing up patients and after that a grueling slog through vast swamps of data to prepare voluminous regulatory filings–something that few hospitals and clinics can handle. So they did something audacious and unprecedented: they built their own cancer hospital in India.

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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

Written by Carol Howard, VP of Clinical Strategy As Medicare Advantage (MA) continues to grow, hospitals have faced growing challenges in navigating complex policies, payer friction, and financial pressures. billion on bonus payments in 2023 for four- or five-star health plans – a 30% increase from the prior year.

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Will New Medicaid Policies Put Hospital Margins at Risk?

EvidenceCare

Written by Carol Howard, VP of Clinical Strategy After a tough few years marked by the pandemic, staffing shortages, and rising costs, hospitals are finally starting to catch their breath. New data reveals a rebound in hospital margins, offering hope for health systems. and operating margins to 5.2%.

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Zombie Healthcare Masking Policies Return to Maryland

Sensible Medicine

In 2023, the Maryland Department of Health (DOH) adopted a standard for return to universal masking in healthcare facilities when hospitalizations with respiratory viruses (covid, influenza, or RSV) reach a level of 10 cases per 100,000 population. A limited mask mandate is returning to my state this week.

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These 3 Medical Trends Predict A Massive Healthcare Crisis

Forbes Healthcare

Follow Author Jul 21, 2025, 06:30am EDT Share Save Comment An "Emergency" Sign in front of a hospital in the early evening getty The American healthcare system is approaching a crisis. Data demonstrate that when hospitals acquire a physician’s practice, prices and overall costs rise. By comparison, the U.S. Just 42.2%

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Hospitals spend billions to answer growing threat of violence: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Attempting to prevent, prepare for and recover from violent acts in 2023 cost hospitals $18.3 billion, according to a new report from the American Hospital Association.

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Premier Health Partners Announces July 2023 Data Breach

The HIPAA Journal

Premier Health Partners, a Dayton, OH-based network of three hospitals and two major medical centers, has recently issued a press release about a data breach first identified over two years ago. The July 18, 2025, press release explains that on July 12, 2023, Premier Health identified suspicious activity within certain computer systems.