The challenge is determining whether wearable data is reliable enough to relieve the review burden, guide care, support reimbursement, or reassure a patient who is worried about their heart rhythm at two o’clock in the morning.

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What matters just as much — if not more — is everything around that number: how customers adopt the product, how sales actually happen, and whether the company is building something that can scale inside a complex, regulated system.

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[Sponsored] Zelis highlights, through a recent survey, how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs. The findings provide a comprehensive view of the healthcare financial landscape, bringing together stakeholder perspectives, priorities and the opportunities to address them.

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We need to pivot from a deficiency to an abundance model – from over-focusing on what an individual cannot do, to making the most of the physical and mental resources at hand to maximize independence, dignity, and quality of life. This includes rethinking physical environments and thoughtfully embedding technology to support capability rather than limitation as we adapt to a new reality.

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The problem isn’t whether these modalities work, but how they’re being implemented into the workforce. Efficient rollout, proper training, and ongoing education are vital for these new methods to reach their full potential. 

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For providers, the rules mean more control over monitoring and the chance to keep a larger share of reimbursement. For device companies, they create a chance to show measurable value and guide clinicians through a system that is shifting quickly.

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Companies can avoid this trap by treating future growth as a foundation, not a later stage. Decision makers need to work backwards from scale, building software architecture and commercial architecture together. This shift alone helps teams make smarter choices within the first 90 days of a product’s launch.

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The new era is more predictive, assistive, and actionable. But providers and patients need to know what to look for.

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[Sponsored] A webinar sponsored by Smarter Technologies and moderated by MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar included insights on the user experience and benefits from Lakeland Regional Health.

The post The Growing Cost of Medical Bill Collection: How Healthcare Organizations Are Using New AI and Clinical Insights to Improve the Revenue Cycle Management Experience appeared first on MedCity News.

True interoperability is a prerequisite for patient-centered, efficient and scalable digital health solutions. And among the different types of interoperability, semantic interoperability stands out as the goal many are striving toward.

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[Sponsored] A webinar on Thursday, January 22 at 1pm ET will discuss the findings of the AI Index in RCM report, published by MedCity News and sponsored by Smarter Technologies.

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Matt Holt, former New Mountain Capital executive, is exploring a $30 billion deal to combine five health tech startups into a single platform called Thoreau. The venture would set out to simplify and integrate services across payers, providers and data — and if completed, it would rank among the largest private equity-backed health tech companies ever. Time will tell if this massive consolidation ever gets completed or translates into real value — or if it’s just another bet on scale.

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Monopolistic practices often fly under the radar, but they take a steep toll in many areas of healthcare. Here are four types of hidden costs we need to consider. 

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As healthcare continues to become more decentralized, enabling patients to be successful with their therapies at home isn’t just a “nice to have,” it’s a “must have.”

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New mental health treatment tools based on technology work, and outcomes are exceptional. Now health plans must expand coverage so more patients can access these new treatments.

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Check out news from Oral Genome, Beacon Biosignals, Modulight Therapeutics, No Barrier, and Lab Central.

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[Sponsored] Executives from health tech companies who attended HLTH 2025 shared their different approaches to healthcare innovation to address inadequately met care needs.

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[Sponsored] The 2025 Benefits Sentiment Index is based on a survey of 120 benefit consultants to self-insured employers and is sponsored by Quantum Health.

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[Sponsored] MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Reporter Marissa Plescia interviewed health tech executives at HLTH 2025.

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[Sponsored] They shared new developments, their views on AI, and what they’re doing to disrupt the status quo in healthcare.

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[Sponsored] In interviews with MedCity News Reporter Marissa Plescia and Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar, healthcare executives offered updates on their companies and their outlook.

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Bringing care to people where they are improves community health outcomes — we must operate with more urgency to shore up care resources in rural areas.

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Check out news from Oral Genome, Planyear, Graph AI, Vega Health and more.

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Devices can send information back to a physician, but that data doesn’t explain how the experience felt. Without that context, healthcare teams miss the very details that shape adherence, satisfaction, and long-term outcomes.

The post Beyond Data Logs: Capturing The Real-World Experience Of Medical Devices At Home appeared first on MedCity News.

Relentlessly, rates of chronic disease, depression, and medication use continue to rise — if there were ever a time to implement alternative preventive health tools in clinical practice, now is certainly it. 

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The current tariff volatility creates a new set of challenges for medtech companies, but uncertainty is here to stay. Companies must act now, building on the trade compliance capabilities they are building to create a resilient supply chain that is ready for future disruptions.

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Here are three things healthcare leaders should consider for improving the DME process to make the hospital-to-home experience more efficient and less stressful for all stakeholders.

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[Sponsored] A new eBook from Veradigm highlights operational best practices and emerging trends at this transformational time in healthcare.

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Six healthcare startups using AI to address a variety of healthcare challenges will vie for the top prize at the conference at Pegasus Park in Dallas on September 18. Register today!

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