The American Heart Association, with initial funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, has launched a new three-year initiative to improve hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) systems of care and standardize how patients with HCM are identified, assessed, referred and treated.

Predictive AI alerts nurses of those patients at risk for a bad outcome and found that interventions to prevent, for instance, sepsis, saves an estimated 50 lives a year, says UC San Diego Health Chief Health AI Officer Dr. Karandeep Singh.  

As more details emerge about the suspected gunman who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, the company is receiving both condolences and statements of rage on social media over claim denials by the nation’s largest health insurer.

Addus Homecare, a provider of home care services, has completed a $350 million acquisition of the personal care operations of Gentiva, which provides hospice, palliative and personal care services in the seven-state service area of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.