Jeff Lagasse

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Commure acquires digital care navigator Memora Health

Healthcare technology company Commure has acquired digital care navigation platform Memora Health for an undisclosed amount, the company recently announced.

Healthcare execs more optimistic heading into the new year, survey finds

Most expect greater revenues and improved profitability, according to Deloitte data.

Trends 2025: AI in healthcare progressing despite reimbursement hurdles

Artificial intelligence is poised to become a major force in healthcare. The technology is developing at breakneck speed, and both payers and providers are examining the potential use cases, with one survey from November showing 73% of organizations pl…

Trends 2025: AI in healthcare progressing despite reimbursement hurdles

Artificial intelligence is poised to become a major force in healthcare. The technology is developing at breakneck speed, and both payers and providers are examining the potential use cases, with one survey from November showing 73% of organizations pl…

5.6 million people affected by Ascension cyberattack

Ascension has submitted a report to federal regulators showing that about 5.6 million people were affected by a ransomware attack on the nonprofit health system in May.

Medicare enrollees to pay less for 64 additional drugs

Some Medicare enrollees will pay less for 64 drugs available through Medicare Part B, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The drugs will have a lowered Part B coinsurance rate from January 1 through March 31 of next year; that’s b…

WashU Medicine to make neurosurgery inroads with philanthropic gift

WashU Medicine in St. Louis is turning a philanthropic gift of $50 million into a vehicle for recruiting neurosurgeons and researchers, and enhancing the research capabilities of the facility’s neurosurgery department.
Andrew Taylor, an emeritus truste…

Advocate spending $1 billion on new hospital and outpatient services

Chicago-based Advocate Health Care is planning to spend $1 billion to improve access to primary and specialty care, as well as wellness services, by investing in a new hospital and extended outpatient programs.
The investment will improve access to pri…

Male physicians have more net worth than female counterparts

Wealth and earnings disparities between men and women are nothing new, but a new report from Medscape shows the extent to which this is true in healthcare, showing that 66% of male physicians had a family net worth of more than $1 million last year – c…

CMS ending VBID model due to high costs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is terminating the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model at the end of 2025 due to what it called the model’s “substantial and unmitigable costs to the Medicare Trust Funds.”