23 Feb Health Data News Roundup: AI Adoption Outpacing Strategy; AI Patient Communications Standard; and Medicare Advantage Enrollment

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals.

AI Is Everywhere in Healthcare. But No One Agrees on What It’s Actually For.
AI adoption is outpacing strategy, and hospitals are deploying AI faster than they can govern it, creating new risks around accountability, safety, and trust, according to Health Leaders Media.

Life Sciences and Healthcare Need to Better Integrate with AI
AI’s true transformative power, including predictive, generative, and agentic AI, might only be achieved by organizations able to nurture a collaborative partnership between humans and technology and have a trustworthy and ethical approach to governance and data standards, according to Fast Company.

Standard for AI-Based Patient Communication Launches
A group of health system, patient safety and technology leaders has launched an operational standard focused on patient-facing health AI tools called the AI Care Standard, which guidelines for safe and responsible patient-facing AI, according to this press release.

Medicare Advantage Grows Less Than One Percent During Annual Enrollment
Almost 35.5 million people were enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan as of Feb. 1, up about 3 percent from 34.4 million at the same time last year with enrollment increasing about 1 percent, according to Becker’s Payer Issues.

What Senior Quality Leaders Must Do Now to Prepare for Digital HEDIS
As HEDIS reporting becomes fully digital, Directors of Quality must strengthen data integrity, reduce audit exposure, and align performance strategy across Stars and CAHPS initiatives, according to a new IMAT blog post.

Humana’s CenterWell Acquires MaxHealth Primary Care Clinics
CenterWell, a division of Humana, has completed its acquisition of MaxHealth, a network of primary care clinics and other healthcare services reaching more than 120,000 patients, according to xtelligent Healthcare Payers.

Major Health Plans Join CMS ACCESS Outcomes-Based Care Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced that numerous major health plans from across the nation have signed on to participate in the ACCESS pledge, according to MobiHealth News.