Lawmakers aren't just looking to make rules governing AI in health care — they're also working out how Medicare should pay for services delivered by AI systems.

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The kids are not alright.

Record numbers of children are suffering from anxiety and depression. Experts and lawmakers are trying anything to address the spike — even if it’s unproven. politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

The youth mental health crisis is at a turning point.

Leaders are accepting that 'we can't treat our way out of this,' now targeting the root causes of the crisis.

One problem: those causes — and effective, scalable solutions — aren't clear.

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Doctors are increasingly using AI to diagnose patients — which could change the medical malpractice system nationwide.

That’s opening new questions about when care is considered good enough.

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Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to improve compliance with international humanitarian law” during her recent visit to the region.

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New: Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are looking to make changes to how Medicare pays doctors — and to get it done this year.

RFIs, coalitions and bill texts coming together, with more on the way in the coming months.

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Scoop w/ Megan R. Wilson Robert King

Doc pay deal, yet to be finalized, in Congress now:
- Reduces 3.4% Medicare pay cut to 1.68%, effective 4/1
- Sets APM bonus to 1.88%

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Lots of lawmakers talk about changing how Medicare pays doctors, but even reform supporters say it probably won't happen this year.

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AI continues to gain traction across sectors (including health care).

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Alzheimer’s program renewal on the way, lawmakers say

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New: GOP Doc Caucus leaders plan to go directly to Senate Dems with their appeal to stop Medicare's physician pay cuts, according to a draft of a letter they're preparing.

The group is asking to get a pay fix in the March 1 funding package.

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New from me and Daniel Payne: Thousands of nursing home residents have died of Covid-19, yet fewer than four in 10 are up-to-date on their shots. Both officials and nursing homes are taking responsibility — and pointing fingers. Read:

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After nearly a month of cuts being in effect, lawmakers still don't have a clear path to a Medicare doc pay fix.

Why this year is different, and what's likely ahead, w/ Robert King

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NEWS: New York City will erase over $2 billion in medical debt for as many as 500,000 New Yorkers, Mayor Eric Adams Mayor Eric AdamssOffice announce today.

Mayor Adams calls this the 'largest municipal initiative of its kind in the country.'
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New: GOP Doc Caucus members plan to meet with Speaker Mike Johnson Thursday, looking for his help to stop the 2024 cut in Medicare payment for physicians.

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Health systems aren't only using AI for better patient outcomes. Many are looking at how the technology could add to their bottom line.

How AI is changing the messy world of medical billing:

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Mount Sinai is cutting a Lower Manhattan residency program for primary care doctors, saying that the costs of training family medicine physicians are no longer sustainable under its current finances
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New: The Biden admin has determined it has 'march-in' authority to seize the patents of certain high-priced medicines.

How and whether it uses that authority could depend heavily on a new framework the Commerce Dept is poised to issue on Thursday:
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Many working in primary care say the system is in crisis.

Washington, health giants and tech companies are now imagining a new future for it.

w/ Erin Schumaker

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House overwhelmingly passes the continuing resolution by 336-95 vote. Bill includes delay to DSH cuts and some funding extenders but doesn't include doc pay relief or alternative pay model bonus extension.