A New Option for Long-Term Care Costs
Washington state has launched the first program to help cover home care and other supports. Several other states are paying attention.
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They Harvest the Nation’s Food, but a New Rule May Strip Them of Health Insurance
New Medicaid work requirements could make a complex system even harder for farmworkers to navigate.
Health Payers Have Invested in Modern Data Infrastructure. Access Control Hasn’t Kept Up.
Ask any data security leader at a health plan what keeps them up at night and the answer usually isn’t a single threat. It’s the environment: member data that’s among…
The Technology Gap Holding Provider-Sponsored Health Plans Back
The price shock from soaring 2026 ACA (Affordable Care Act) premiums is reshaping how Americans think about and shop for their health coverage. This environment creates an opportunity for provider-sponsored…
Grounding Clinical AI in Evidence: The Critical Role of Human Oversight and Continuous Validation
“Above all else, do no harm.” The Hippocratic Oath remains the ultimate guiding principle in medicine. As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly spreads through clinical care teams, the medical community faces…
Beyond the Screen: How Telepsychiatry Must Evolve in theEra of Interventional Psychiatry
Key Takeaways: Telepsychiatry and interventional psychiatry are both expanding rapidly, but existing virtual care workflows are not yet designed to integrate advanced treatment pathways. Current telepsychiatry platforms create a care…
Scaling Enterprise Imaging: IT Lessons from Digital Pathology
Health IT leaders looking to scale enterprise imaging programs should take note of digital pathology. Whole slide images, often two to ten times the size of a radiology study, have…
Gut Warning Signs of Parkinson’s You Shouldn’t Ignore
Most people assume that living somewhere sunny means their vitamin D is sorted. That assumption is quietly letting millions of people down. Countries with year-round sunshine still have widespread vitamin…
My Search for a Psychiatric Bed in an Overburdened Health System
Over the past 70 years, the number of inpatient psychiatric beds has dropped dramatically, leaving many without critical care when they experience mental health crises. I was one of the…
The State of the 2026 Consumer – A Focus on Health, Experience, and DIY-Agency, McKinsey Observes
Cost pressures and technology acceleration (read: AI) are reshaping and reinforcing post-COVID consumer behaviors, we learn from McKinsey’s State of the Consumer 2026. The research report is built on four…