Ellipsis Health
Ellipsis Health, originally known for detecting depression through vocal biomarkers, has expanded its voice‑AI platform, Sage, to serve health plans and care‑management firms. Sage now handles medication reminders, program recruitment, postoperative follow‑up and broader patient engagement tasks. The company’s COO Melissa McCool and CMO Mike Aratow discussed the technology’s capabilities and the emerging need for specialized voice‑AI in healthcare.
Dor Skuler, Intuition Robotics: Meet ElliQ
Intuition Robotics CEO Dor Skuler showcased ElliQ, an AI‑driven companion robot aimed at senior citizens. In a candid interview, Skuler highlighted ElliQ’s conversational abilities, health‑reminder functions, and its cultural references that resonate with older users. Medicaid programs in New York...
Ben Salter, SafeRide Health
SafeRide Health, a leading non‑emergency medical transportation (NEMT) provider for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans, showcased its end‑to‑end ride‑scheduling platform in a recent demo. Chief Product Officer Ben Salter walked through the system’s interface for call‑center agents and members, illustrating...
CRUSHing Lab Fraud: Three Myths that Derail Real Reform
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information under the CRUSH initiative to confront fraud, waste, and abuse in laboratory testing, especially genetic and molecular diagnostics. The authors argue that three persistent myths—fraud being limited...
Come Help Save Democracy!
The virtual event “Protecting Healthcare and Our Democracy” will be held on May 5, 2026, from 8 PM ET/5 PM PT. It features former CDC director Mandy Cohen, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, and IHI founder Dr. Donald Berwick, with Matthew Holt as co‑host. Organized by Healthcare Leaders for Democracy, the...
Bevey Miner, Consensus Cloud Solutions
Bevey Miner, EVP of Healthcare Strategy at Consensus Cloud Solutions, explained that digital cloud faxing isn’t the interoperability problem—unstructured fax data is. The company’s eFax platform now includes an AI‑driven extraction engine called Clarity, which converts PDFs, TIFFs and scanned...
Adrian Owen & Faraz Shafaghi, Creyos
Creyos, a neurological testing firm co‑founded by neuroscientist Adrian Owen and product leader Faraz Shafaghi, offers a cognitive assessment platform that delivers objective baseline data at the point of care. The tool is now incorporated into annual wellness visits and...
Dayne Williams, Quantum Health
Quantum Health, a leading employee health navigation firm, appointed Dayne Williams as CEO after Zane Burke retired for personal reasons. Williams returns from retirement to steer the company following recent acquisitions of Embold Health, a doctor‑ranking analytics platform, and CirrusMD,...
Philippe Pouletty, Carvolix
Physician‑entrepreneur Philippe Pouletty, founder of Carvolix, is launching AI‑driven tools for cardiology, including a decision‑support system and a robot that places transcatheter heart valves. The company also plans a robotic device to remove brain clots. Pouletty previously founded Abivax, a...
Concierge Care for All: Yes, It Really Is That Simple
Matthew Holt proposes a universal concierge‑care system funded by a $2,000‑$3,000 annual voucher per American, directing patients to a primary‑care physician with a reduced panel of about 600 patients. The model would generate $1.2‑$1.8 million in revenue per physician, allowing salaries...
Oh. Another Moonshot
NASA is preparing to launch Artemis II, a ten‑day crewed flyby of the Moon, marking the first U.S. astronauts to travel beyond low Earth orbit since 1972. The mission is part of NASA’s “Ignition” roadmap, which earmarks roughly $20 billion over the...
Healthcare’s Quiet Dependence on the “Possimpible”
Healthcare now leans on clinicians to deliver care that exceeds system capacity, filling gaps with unpaid, after‑hours tasks. This invisible labor fuels a chronic burnout crisis rooted in flawed system design rather than personal resilience. The article argues that without...
Preeti Bhargava, Arintra
Arintra, a revenue cycle management (RCM) startup, has deployed AI that reads medical charts and automatically generates claims, reducing the need for human coders. The technology delivered a 5% revenue uplift for Mercy Health, one of its early customers. CTO...
How Digital Narratives Shape Mental Health Outcomes
Digital narratives on platforms like TikTok and Reddit are reshaping mental‑health outcomes by spreading misinformation and disinformation. A scoping review by the Royal College of Psychiatrists found that over half of top TikTok mental‑health videos contain misleading content, which erodes...
Oscar-Nominated Film Highlights Shared American, Iranian Health System Concerns
An Oscar‑nominated Iranian film clip showed a pregnant woman denied emergency care because the hospital demanded cash, echoing similar payment barriers faced by U.S. patients. While outright refusals are illegal in the United States, American hospitals still use urgency assessments...