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Two Studies Show Issues With Use Of Large Language Model Chatbots In Mental Health Risk Assessment & Treatment
December 4, 2025General purpose large language model (LLM)-based chatbots are not ready for use as stand-alone mental health risk assessment or in treatment, according to two studies that compared LLMs to human clinical professionals. In a study of whether LLM chatbots provided… -
North Texas Sees Ongoing Challenges Facing Children & Families
December 4, 2025The eight-county region of North Texas is managing ongoing challenges facing children and families, according to a recent analysis assessing their quality of life and well being. Challenges span health, economic security, safety, and education. Researchers for Children’s Health, a… -
Private Equity Acquisitions Of Home Health Agencies Surged In 2017, 2018 & 2021
December 4, 2025Between 2006 and 2024, 749 unique home health agencies (HHAs) were acquired by private equity (PE) firms. In most of those years, PE firms acquired fewer than 50 HHAs. The bulk of PE acquisitions took place in three years: 2017… -
San Diego County, California, Awards $4.8 Million Safe Haven Housing Services Contracts To Episcopal Community Services
December 4, 2025San Diego County, California, awarded contracts valued together at more than $4.8 million over five years to Episcopal Community Services (ECS) of San Diego to provide transitional housing and supportive services to homeless adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness… -
Florida Seeks To Relieve Those Permanently Disabled From 12-Month Medicaid Eligibility Redetermination
December 4, 2025In a request dated November 4, 2025, Florida sought to amend its Section 1115(a) Research and Demonstration Managed Medical Assistance Waiver with a request for an eligibility redetermination exemption. The state is proposing to exempt individuals who are permanently disabled… -
Nearly Half Of U.S. Adults Concerned About Health Care Costs In The Coming Year
December 4, 2025In a recent survey, 47% of adults in the United States reported concerns about affording necessary health care during the coming year. In the past three months, one in five survey respondents reported they or someone in their household could… -
Diagnosis Added To Some Medicare Advantage Enrollees’ Chart Review Record Led To Increased Federal Payments
December 2, 2025Among enrollees who have at least one chart review record, 17% had a diagnosis added that increased payments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to their Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, according to a recent analysis by KFF,… -
Outpatient Follow-Up Within 30 Days Of Discharge Is Associated With Lower Risk Of Readmission
December 2, 2025Post-discharge outpatient follow-up visits within 30 days reduced the risk of hospital readmission among older adults, according to the results of a recent study. The analysis was based on 83 studies that reported 30-day all-cause readmissions for outpatient follow-up visits… -
Senior Living Companies Account For 15 Of 48 Health Care Company Bankruptcies In 2025
December 2, 2025Bankruptcies in the senior care sector through the third quarter (Q3) of 2025 have exceeded filings for 2024 and equaled those of 2023 (15 filings just through Q3 2025 vs. 11 for all of 2024 and 15 for all of… -
Survey Of Japanese Consumers Shows Openness To Using Robot Caregivers
December 2, 2025With people aged 65 and older accounting for 29.3% of the population in Japan in 2024, many of whom require long-term care, and with a shortage of 570,000 care workers projected by 2040, home-care robots could alleviate caregiver burden and…
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