What You Should Know:
- According to Kaufman Hall’s 2025 Health System Performance Outlook, hospitals are facing a "financial trifecta" of rising non-labor expenses, workforce instability, and aggressive payer reimbursement pressures.
- Nearly 60% of health systems reported non-labor cost increases of up to 10%, driven by inflation and tariffs, while 44% cited high claim denial rates as a top challenge. As bad debt rises and staffing levels tighten, the report urges leaders to
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The $4,000 Deductible Era: Why Employer-Sponsored Insurance is Breaking the American Worker
What You Should Know:
- A new 50-state analysis reveals that over half (51.7%) of U.S. private-sector workers are now enrolled in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) as employers struggle to manage rising costs. The report shows that annual family premiums jumped to $24,540 in 2024, outpacing inflation, while average family deductibles surpassed $4,000 for the first time.
- The trend exposes millions of Americans to greater financial risk in medical emergencies, signaling a
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CliniComp SVP Talks New Era EHR: How AI-Driven, Interoperable Platforms Are Replacing Legacy Health IT Systems
With 97% of health data currently going unused and clinician burnout at crisis levels, the healthcare industry is facing a critical inflection point: the transition from legacy "systems of record" to dynamic "systems of intelligence." In this deep-dive interview, Sandra Johnson, Senior Vice President of Client Services at CliniComp, outlines the architecture of the "New Era EHR"—a platform defined not by static documentation, but by agility, true interoperability, and embedded AI.
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More Safe Days at Home: A Call to Redesign Pediatric Care
For children with special health care needs, the line between stability and crisis is razor-thin. A quiet day at home can quickly spiral into an unplanned hospital admission. Even during moments of calm, families live with constant anxiety that a small change in condition could trigger the next emergency.
It shouldn’t be that way.
Time at home should be safe and supported, not a fragile pause between hospitalizations. Yet today’s healthcare system still defaults to crisis response,
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Aeroflow Health and Molina Launch Virtual Diabetes Care Program in South Carolina
What You Should Know:
- Aeroflow Health has launched a statewide partnership with Molina Healthcare of South Carolina to expand access to virtual nutrition counseling and diabetes self-management education (DSME) for Commercial and Medicare members.
- The initiative is built to dismantle persistent access barriers by offering evidence-based metabolic and nutrition care at little to no cost, delivered entirely through Aeroflow’s virtual infrastructure.
Virtual program expands
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Atalan and Bon Secours Mercy Health Partner to Bridge Clinician Retention and Patient Experience with AI
What You Should Know:
- Atalan, the creator of the first Clinical Retention Intelligence (CRI) platform, has formed a strategic partnership with Accrete Health Partners, the venture arm of Bon Secours Mercy Health, to launch a new AI module called Atalan PX.
- The strategic collaboration aims to solve the critical disconnect between workforce stability and patient satisfaction by unifying fragmented data streams into a single platform for actionable insights. Following a successful
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Streamlining Discharge: WellSky Integrates 130,000 Providers Directly into Epic Case Management
What You Should Know:
- WellSky has announced that its CarePort Community Referral Network is now officially part of the Epic Toolbox, allowing Epic users to initiate referrals to over 130,000 post-acute providers without leaving their EHR interface.
- The integration streamlines discharge planning by replacing manual phone calls and faxes with a standardized, electronic workflow that boasts an average provider response time of just 24 minutes. The move signifies a major step
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athenahealth Partners with Microsoft to Embed Dragon Copilot in athenaOne EHR
What You Should Know:
- athenahealth, a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for healthcare practices and systems nationwide, today announced a partnership with Microsoft.
- Microsoft Dragon Copilot is joining athenahealth’s Ambient Notes, a fully-integrated AI-driven ambient solution that simplifies documentation for ambulatory clinicians.
A new chapter in ambient clinical documentation
Since its founding in 1997, athenahealth has focused on reducing complexity
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AngelEye Health Raises $9M Series C to Bring AI-Driven Insights to the NICU
What You Should Know:
- AngelEye Health secures $9M Series C funding round led by Mountain Group Partners, with strategic investment from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a new debt facility from Live Oak Bank.
- The capital will fuel the commercial launch of AIVision, an AI-driven monitoring tool designed to provide earlier safety insights for neonatal care teams. Currently serving over 350 hospitals and 20% of NICU families in the U.S., AngelEye is pivoting from family
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Sword Health Launches MindEval: The First Clinical Benchmark for AI in Mental Health
What You Should Know:
- Sword Health has unveiled MindEval, the industry's first benchmark designed to evaluate Large Language Models (LLMs) based on American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines and realistic, multi-turn conversations.
- The initial study of 12 leading models revealed significant deficiencies in clinical safety and effectiveness, particularly as conversations lengthened or symptoms became severe. By open-sourcing this tool, Sword Health aims to establish a
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