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Catalysts In Innovation: A Doctor’s Dream Impacts Healthcare

Forbes Healthcare

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Will New Medicaid Policies Put Hospital Margins at Risk?

EvidenceCare

These improvements reflect stabilization following pandemic-related disruptions and cost pressures. Cost-Sharing: Medicaid recipients earning above the poverty line could face copays up to $35 per visit, capped at 5% of income. and operating margins to 5.2%. Examine differences in utilization and outcomes between subgroups (e.g.,

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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

CMS Policy Changes to Reduce Costs Financial pressures are rising as CMS implements the updated Version 28 Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) model , which introduces changes aimed at limiting types of codes that are most used for up-coding or over-coding to help rein in spending. We call them CMS 4201 violations.

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Agentic AI: What it can and can't do for physicians

Medical Economics

In health care, this means AI systems could carry out complex, multi-step tasks—such as scheduling follow-ups, drafting prior authorization requests, or coordinating care—without requiring constant human oversight. 65: Patient autonomy with Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D. 65: Patient autonomy with Jeffrey A. Singer, M.D.

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How pay-first and direct primary care models are reshaping practice finances and patient experience

Medical Economics

Enter into this climate two emerging payment approaches that are gaining traction: the pay‑first model, which collects copays, deductibles and any postvisit balances up front, and the direct primary care (DPC) model, which replaces fee‑for‑service billing with a flat subscription fee for primary care services.

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Video consultations are quicker, easier and less expensive than in-person visits, study finds

Medical Economics

None of the patients in the video group requested an in-person follow-up to repeat the conversation. Virtual consultations could also help busy practices reduce in-office congestion, extend access to homebound or rural patients and lower barriers to routine follow-ups or chronic care check-ins. Adler, J.D., Adler, J.D.,

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How Texting Is a Lifeline for Health Access and Equity – Time to Address the TCPA is “Now”

Health Populi

The first smartphone was launched by IBM the following year in 1992 known as the IBM Simon. Now in 2025, smartphones are ubiquitous, landlines more cut than connected, and texting is the way people communicate. Senate’s 2025 Reconciliation legislation. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was put into law in 1991.