Oxford-based Ultromics, which has developed the first FDA-cleared, Medicare-reimbursed AI tools for cardiology diagnostics, raised a $55M Series C
The funding will accelerate Ultromics' mission to advance heart disease detection and scale EchoGo®, its AI platform for earlier, more accurate diagnoses.
UnitedHealth's Optum is developing an AI-powered risk scoring system for Medicare patients that does not rely solely on physician-submitted diagnosis codes
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Medicare broker Chapter, which was co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy and uses AI to aggregate comprehensive plan data, raised $75M at a $1.5B valuation
Startup Chapter, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy and previously backed by Peter Thiel and JD Vance, just closed a VC round valuing it at $1.5 billion.
Sources: DOGE staff were ordered to stop using Slack while the group moves from the OMB to the Executive Office of the President, which is not subject to FOIA
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An OPM staffer believes that a server Elon Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not had a Privacy Impact Assessment
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... Tim Marchman / @timmarchman : NEW: A 25-year-old who's worked for Elon Musk companies now has direct control over a Treasury system disbursements from which amount to a f...
After the Change Healthcare attack, the US will relax some Medicare prescription rules and consider advance payments; some providers begin furloughing staff
A BlackCat ransomware gang website shows a takedown notice; the UK NCA denies involvement and experts suggest an exit scam after an alleged UnitedHealth payment
but is this really the end? Wall Street Journal : After the Change Healthcare attack, the US will relax some Medicare prescription rules and consider advance payments; some providers begin furloughing...
Memo: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says health insurers cannot use AI to determine care or deny coverage to members on Medicare Advantage plans
Beth Mole / Ars Technica :
An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total
Jason Koebler / 404 Media :
Insurers are using unregulated predictive algorithms to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment for the treatment of older patients
STAT : Tweets: @marshacollier and @maartenvsmeden Tweets: Marsha Collier / @marshacollier : How Medicare Advantage Plans Use #AI To Cut Off Care For Seniors Insurers are using unregulated predictive ...