Deploying AI needs a strategy for use cases that starts with identifying problems that need to be solved, says Michael Pencina, director of Duke AI Health.

Community Health Systems’ subsidiary Northwest Urgent Care will acquire 10 Arizona urgent care centers from Carbon Health. Northwest Urgent Care in Tucson, Arizona, is part of Northwest Healthcare’s integrated healthcare network serving Tucson and surrounding communities.  WHY THIS MATTERS

Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of The Cigna Group, has launched an E-Treatment option through MDLIVE by Evernorth Beginning this month, Cigna members can connect for urgent care from board-certified doctors without any direct interaction via phone or video. 

After increasing by more than 400% between 2015 and 2023, federal spending on Medicare Advantage bonus payments will decline by $1 billion to $11.8 billion in 2024 – an 8% decline – following the expiration of pandemic-era policies that temporarily increased star ratings for some plans, according to a new KFF analysis. Despite the decline, […]