Newsom Tries To Thread Needle on Immigrant Health as Ambitions Turn National
As Gov. Gavin Newsom spars with President Donald Trump and courts national attention for a potential presidential bid, at home he’s catching flak from…
Newsom Tries To Thread Needle on Immigrant Health as Ambitions Turn National
As Gov. Gavin Newsom spars with President Donald Trump and courts national attention for a potential presidential bid, at home he’s catching flak from the left and the right on health care. The California Democrat came into office promising to fight for “guaranteed health care for all,” and he came close to achieving it. Really close. But as it turns out, that’s easier said than done when you’re juggling chronic budget deficits, rising health care costs, and shrinking federal support. Now he’s walking…
Chamber Secures $60M to Advance Value-Based Cardiology
Chamber’s Series A round was led by Frist Cressey Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, AlleyCorp, American Family Ventures, Company Ventures, Optum Ventures, Healthworx Ventures and Black Opal Ventures. The post Chamber Secures $60M to Advance Value-Based Cardiology appeared first on MedCity News.
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Cancer: Unveiling Parallels in Epidemiology, Clinical Pathways, and Therapeutic Strategies
That is the title of a paper I published today in Journal of Market Access & Health Policy with co-authors by Karim EI-Kersh, Nadine Zawadzki, Catelyn Coyle, Shurui Zhang, Dhruv Dalal, Anna Watzker, and Dominik Lautsch. The abstract is below: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and cancer share high mortality and complex prognoses. Due to PAH’s…
Bayer Reveals Data That Could Make Stroke Prevention Drug Its Next Blockbuster Product
Bayer’s asundexian, a Factor XIa inhibitor, reduced the risk of secondary stroke by 26% without increasing bleeding risk in a Phase 3 clinical trial. The once-daily pill is at the front of an emerging class of medicines that includes drug candidates from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and partners Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. The post…
Comparing States’ Rural Health Fund Allotments to Medicaid Spending Cuts Can be Misleading
This issue brief explains why it can be misleading to compare the first year of Rural Health Transformation Program allocations with estimated Medicaid cuts, which will be implemented on a gradual basis and not fully take effect until 2027, after the rural health fund is exhausted.
Con ICE usando datos de Medicaid, hospitales y estados están en medio de una encrucijada: informar o no a sus pacientes inmigrantes
La decisión del gobierno de Trump de dar a funcionarios encargados de deportaciones acceso a los datos de Medicaid está poniendo a los hospitales y a estados en un aprieto, ya que deben decidir si advierten a sus pacientes inmigrantes que toda su información personal, incluida la dirección de su casa, podría utilizarse para expulsarlos…
Keeping Honest in Healthcare: Engineering Accountability into AI
When AI is honest and acts as a connector in healthcare workflows, clinician time is freed up, accuracy is ensured, and revenue is protected. The post Keeping Honest in Healthcare: Engineering Accountability into AI appeared first on MedCity News.
The Critical Challenges Facing Post-Acute Care and Why Agentic AI Is No Longer Optional
The real value of AI in post-acute care is not how quickly it can process documents, but whether it can provide foresight. That means understanding how clinical indicators, regulatory requirements, and reimbursement rules interact, and identifying risk before it turns into a denial or an audit finding. The post The Critical Challenges Facing Post-Acute Care…
Effective but Underprescribed: HIV Prevention Meds Aren’t Reaching Enough People
Listen: More than 2 million Americans could benefit from PrEP, but only about a quarter of them are getting the HIV prevention medication. On Feb. 4, during WAMU’s “Health Hub,” KFF Health News reporter Zach Dyer shared tips for overcoming common hurdles to care. Billing mistakes. Stigma. Doctors who aren’t keeping up with the latest…
