The Business Side of Healthcare Blog
Discover comprehensive articles about the business side of chronic disease, medical advances, news and technology for health plans, providers, and employers
Articles
HHS Seeks Public Input on AI Healthcare Revolution
HHS just asked the most important question in healthcare: How do we fix payment and regulations to actually enable AI adoption? On December 4, the Department released its AI strategy alongside a Request for Information ...
AI Virtual Nurses Transform Hospital Care
Hospitals just made every room self-aware with AI. And the results are stunning. Houston Methodist, University Hospitals, and Emory Healthcare have deployed AI-powered virtual nursing across thousands of beds in 2025. These aren't just cameras ...
Healthcare AI Funding Explosion December 2025
Healthcare AI just raised $2 billion in 3 weeks. Are we ready? The numbers are staggering: • Angle Health: $134 million for AI-powered benefits modernization • Paradigm Health: $78 million for clinical research AI automation ...
FDA Deploys Agentic AI Agency-Wide
The FDA just made its boldest move in 118 years of existence. They've deployed agentic AI systems across the entire agency. Not chatbots. Not basic automation. Actual AI agents that can autonomously execute complex regulatory ...
Virtual Nurses Transform Hospital Care
88% of hospitals are now piloting virtual nurses. The results? Mind-blowing. Houston Methodist just deployed self-aware hospital rooms that can predict patient falls before they happen. University Hospitals launched AI-powered virtual nursing across their entire ...
Hospital at Home Gets 5-Year Extension
Your hospital bed just moved to your living room, permanently. The House just secured the future of healthcare delivery with a simple voice vote. 🏥 On December 17, they passed the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization ...
FDA Qualifies First AI for Drug Development
The FDA just changed drug development forever. For the first time, an AI pathology tool has been officially qualified to assess liver disease in clinical trials. This isn't another radiology approval, this is AI directly ...
Medicare Telehealth Cliff Threatens Rural Access
Congress just gave rural America 40 days of telehealth. Then what? Let that sink in. After extending Medicare telehealth flexibilities through January 30, 2026, we're staring down another cliff that threatens to abandon rural patients. ...







