STAT+: Federal group studying surprise ambulance bills will finally meet — five months late
The federal committee in charge of finding ways to stop surprise billing from ground ambulances…
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STAT+: Google will let health care customers test its generative AI model, ramping up rivalry with GPT-4
Accelerating medicine’s AI race, Google is releasing a version of its generative language model to…
STAT+: Just how big of a pay bump do hospitals need from Medicare next year?
The federal government is proposing to give hospitals a 2.8% raise in their Medicare payments…
STAT+: Oracle’s Cerner Enviza launches a new effort to use AI to study asthma drug safety
Cerner Enviza is partnering with health care AI company John Snow Labs to develop artificial…
STAT+: 5 tech startups trying to solve health care’s staffing crisis to watch
Three years after the pandemic upended the health care workforce, hospital staffing is still a…
STAT+: The Q2 health tech tracker: 13 key industry events and milestones to watch
Health tech companies are still plagued by a sluggish funding environment and a wobbling economy…
Hospitals pledge to protect patient privacy. Their websites leak visitor data like a sieve
Every hospital in America promises to protect the privacy of its patients and the details…
Why the early tests of ChatGPT in medicine miss the mark
ChatGPT has rocketed into health care like a medical prodigy. The artificial intelligence tool correctly…
Opinion: Emergency rooms need clear guidelines about how to handle law enforcement
The patient arrived in the trauma bay with gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen….
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STAT+: As AI promises to revolutionize medical note-taking, concerns mount about accuracy and harm
In the doctor’s offices of the future, artificial intelligence will be a fly on the…
Not the geek squad: How one Boston hospital helps patients conquer language barriers — and their smartphones
LAWRENCE, MASS. — Herman Quintero was cracking jokes about the lottery, touching just below his…
STAT+: ‘We’re getting much more aggressive’: Microsoft’s Nuance adds GPT-4 AI to its medical note-taking tool
An AI medical scribe platform is the latest entrant into the AI arms race. On…
STAT+: Hospitals are not crumbling, Medicare experts tell Congress
Hospitals’ financial situations are not nearly as dire as industry groups are making them out…
STAT+: To prevent emergency C-sections, researchers turn to AI to predict the course of childbirth
After more than a decade as an OB-GYN, Darine El-Chaâr still finds late-stage emergency C-sections…
Opinion: The staggering financial burden of a proposed HIPAA rule
The already beleaguered U.S. health care system is facing a new and costly threat that…
STAT+: Federal Medicaid officials cajole states to auto-enroll beneficiaries as huge coverage losses loom
WASHINGTON — Federal Medicaid officials are working unusually closely with states to avoid enrollment glitches…
STAT+: The big-money Medicare policy that has hospitals worried this Congress
WASHINGTON — There are few things that get lawmakers in Washington salivating more than a wonky…
STAT+: In Minnesota, researchers explore how to audit health AI models on a patient level
As hospitals and companies continue to leverage artificial intelligence in medicine, researchers are also grappling…
STAT+: An unlikely new 340B alliance emerges between PhRMA and community health centers
WASHINGTON — An unusual new alliance of the brand-drug lobby PhRMA and community health centers…
FTC goes after GoodRx, the controversy around lifesaving devices, and Verily’s future research
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: New York’s hospitals are poised for political power this Congress
WASHINGTON — The new Democratic leadership team in Congress is pretty much the New York…
STAT+: Alphabet’s laid-off health tech employees on where their work heads next
Big Tech has gone through a rough stretch of layoffs — between Meta, Amazon, Alphabet,…
STAT+: ChatGPT in health care: 5 burning questions about the buzzy new tool
If the buzz is to be believed, ChatGPT seems poised to upend everything from high…
STAT+: Health systems have much higher prices, only marginally better quality, new study finds
The claims have become almost ubiquitous. Hospital CEO after hospital CEO stands at a podium…
Technology could improve pregnancy care for low-income patients — if health systems can pay for it
For low-income patients, the challenges of pregnancy are only compounded by the challenges of prenatal…
STAT+: Health groups like AHA, PhRMA channeled millions into end-of-year legislative debates
WASHINGTON — Health care groups and their lobbyists spent big in the last few months…
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STAT+: As more never-smokers develop lung cancer, researchers test an AI model to predict patient risk
Massachusetts General Hospital is launching a prospective trial of an artificial intelligence tool designed to…
STAT+: A different kind of ‘RAC’ subsidized hospitals’ labor during the pandemic
Hospitals have bemoaned rising employee expenses throughout the pandemic, as they’ve paid workers more to…
STAT+: For only the second time, a big drugmaker offers a warranty on a medicine
In a bid to blunt competition and address rising drug costs, Sanofi is offering a…
STAT+: Hip and knee replacements go better when performed by high-volume surgeons, new study finds
A new study underscores the importance of the adage “practice makes perfect,” especially when it…
The addiction crisis is causing a spike in endocarditis cases. Hospitals are struggling to respond
Increased injection drug use has led to a spike in cases of the life-threatening heart…
STAT+: Hospitals gear up to expand market power, raise prices in 2023
SAN FRANCISCO — More than a dozen of the country’s large not-for-profit hospital systems descended…
Opinion: More nurses: The smart way to save lives, money — and nurses
Although the 7,000 New York City nurses who went on strike this week reached a…
STAT+: Medicare paves the way for CAR-T in doctors offices
WASHINGTON — Medicare officials have taken a step toward making a cutting-edge cancer treatment called…
STAT+: HHS will decide how to resolve $1 billion in payments for 340B hospitals
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services will get to decide how to…
STAT+: Hospitals say peak labor costs are behind them
SAN FRANCISCO — Rising labor costs has been the main financial concern for hospitals over…
STAT+: Medicare Advantage-focused Oak Street, Agilon Health chart out growth at J.P Morgan
Senior-focused primary care providers Oak Street Health and Agilon Health used their stage time at…
STAT+: Study finds heavier reliance on nurse practitioners, physician assistants after private equity takeovers
A new study suggests physician practices acquired by private equity rely more heavily on advanced…
STAT+: The health care providers and insurers we’re watching at JPM23 — and why
Hospitals, health insurers, and other provider-related companies are returning in person to the J.P. Morgan…
Opinion: Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is no end-run around abortion bans
The emergency department is often called a hospital’s front door. For many people desperate for…
STAT+: 3 trends to watch in hospitals and health insurance in 2023
For almost three years, hospitals and health insurers have been riding the waves of the…
STAT+: ‘Apples to apples’: How new health data rules could hold providers accountable
Last year, medical records opened up to patients. This year, they’re opening up to the…
After nine months, an update on NIH’s long Covid research
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Medicare’s home hospital program may soon get a lifeline from Congress. Can it prove its worth?
A Medicare program that allowed approved health systems to bill for hospital care delivered in…
Infectious disease board recommends hospitals stop screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19
An influential board of infectious disease physicians recommended Wednesday that hospitals and other health care…
STAT+: Biden admin shares ownership data for thousands of hospitals, improving transparency about private equity’s stake
Citing its commitment to transparency and promoting competition, the Biden administration on Tuesday released a…
Opinion: The art of the ‘deceased note’: A physician grapples with documenting patients’ final moments
My grandmother died in the hospital, alone, the day after she was “found down” at…
STAT+: Nine in 10 health care companies with financial stress are owned by private equity
Almost 90% of the health care companies deemed to be under financial stress by a…
Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study
This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in…
STAT+: Coming soon: Permanent Covid-19 safety rules for health care workers
The federal agency that oversees workplace safety is moving forward with making certain Covid-19 protections…