1-Minute Healthcare News Today—December 22, 2022

Technology is continuing to revolutionize healthcare with the use of an AI tool for the early detection of Alzheimer's and related dementias in primary care.?

Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, IUPUI, and the medical schools of Indiana University and the University of Miami are evaluating an AI tool they developed for this early detection. The researchers designed, trained, and tested a machine-learning system that they named the passive digital marker. Read more about it here.??

Millions of Americans who joined Medicaid during the COVID-19 outbreak may lose coverage as early as April 1 if Congress passes the $1.7 trillion budget bill revealed Tuesday.??

In the report, the bill will repeal a COVID-19 public health emergency rule that banned states from kicking people off Medicaid. The Biden administration has come under increasing pressure to pronounce the public health emergency, with 25 Republican governors pleading with the president to do so, citing significant concerns over bloated Medicaid enrollment.?

In relation to that, when physician reimbursement for Medicare decreases in 2023, the federal government's 2023 spending plan will have a negative impact on seniors' access to healthcare.??

For value-based care models, physicians will still receive incentive payments; however, greater funding would support the accountable care organization (ACO) movement. Read more here.??

Meanwhile, the most recent COVID-19 booster doses are now available to children between the ages of six months and five.??

In the report following FDA approval last week, the bivalent boosters are now accessible to young infants in northern Michigan. They are customized to defend against more than the virus's initial strain.??

Despite this, according to the Ontario Pharmacists Association, the supply of children's cold and flu medications has increased over the previous few weeks, including a shipment from abroad. In the report, it still hasn't been able to keep up with demand as the sickness spreads ahead of the holiday season.?

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