🩺 Today’s Healthcare Technology Highlights (Jul 1, 2025)

1. CMS Unveils AI‑Driven Fraud Watchdog for Prior Authorizations

TechTarget reports CMS has launched the WISeR Model—an AI-assisted initiative to streamline and tighten oversight of Medicare prior authorization, targeting fraud and delays. Clinicians stay in control, but tech handles the legwork ().

2. GT Medical’s GammaTile Earns Regional Center‑of‑Excellence Status

AuntMinnie.com notes GT Medical’s GammaTile radiation therapy platform received a prestigious Center of Excellence designation at Goodman Campbell Brain & Spine – Ascension St. Vincent—affirming its role in localized, post‑surgical tumor care ().

3. NHS Ties Funding to Patient Satisfaction Metrics

Health Service Journal (via NHS Confederation) reports England’s NHS will begin linking hospital funding to patient experience. This pilot “puts patients in the driver’s seat” and encourages digital care tools to improve satisfaction ().

Why It Matters

• AI meets compliance: CMS’s WISeR model ups efficiency but keeps clinicians in the loop—smart balance.
• Radiation innovation: GammaTile’s excellence nod shows device-level progress in post-op oncology.
• Patient-centric funding: NHS tying money to satisfaction will push digital front doors and better care flow.