Emma Beavins

2 days ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Emma Beavins

On Sunday night, House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee released their policy plan for achieving President Donald Trump’s policy goals and would reduce the deficit by $912 billion between 2025 and 2034, according to Congressional Budget Office. Buried in the legislative text (PDF) of E&C's budget reconciliation bill is a proposal to ban states from enforcing AI laws or regulations for the next 10 years.

6 days ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Emma Beavins

Senators Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, reintroduced the Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDT) Act on Thursday to expand access to software-based treatments. Advocates will bring new economic data from Germany to make the case to Congress, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Mehmet Oz, M.D., and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to create pathways for coverage of the technologies.

6 days ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Emma Beavins

Artificial intelligence assistants could ease the transition to value-based care for primary care practices, a new report by Phyx Primary Care found. Value-based care can be administratively burdensome due to its enhanced reporting requirements. Primary care practices report that the transition to VBC is often long and results in a mix of value-based care and fee-for-service billing practices.

1 week ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Ayla Ellison |Emma Beavins

AI scribes have seen rapid growth in the healthcare market over the past year, but reliable data on their actual performance is still hard to come by. Much of the available information comes from vendor claims, leaving a gap in independent, real-world assessments.

1 week ago | fiercehealthcare.com | Emma Beavins

NEW ORLEANS – The American Telemedicine Association is advocating for expanded coverage of medical nutrition therapies for patients with chronic conditions. The organization’s lobbying group sees potential to get policymaking done at the federal and state levels because of President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign, which had zeroed in on the chronic disease epidemic.