Chris Darland is CEO of Peerbridge Health, which is the maker of a “3 lead to 12 lead” EKG patch that can give a better view of overall cardiac health than what’s on the market now–which tend to specialize in AFIB. Chris thinks that the Peerbridge Cor product will lead to a new world where…
KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed how best to prepare for a storm on “CBS News 24/7” on Oct. 9. Click here to watch Gounder on “CBS News 24/7” KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed obesity on WAMU and NPR’s “1A” on Oct. 9. Click…
This year, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to Victor Ambros, currently a Professor of Natural Science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. The two men won the award for their discovery of microRNA. One of the key questions of science is figuring…
Upstream Bio will use its IPO haul to continue clinical testing of verekitug, which it contends be a better treatment option for severe asthma compared to a commercialized Amgen and AstraZeneca drug. CAMP4 Therapeutics and Ceribell also priced IPOs to join the public markets. The post Aiming to Outdo Rivals in Severe Asthma, Upstream Bio…
For 2025, the average star rating for Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug contracts was 3.92, compared to 4.07 for 2024, 4.14 for 2023 and 4.37 for 2022. The post Medicare Advantage Star Ratings Drop Again appeared first on MedCity News.
On October 8, 2024, Vice President Harris has proposed to expand Medicare to provide home care to help families who are struggling with the costs of long-term care. If enacted, this would be the first major expansion of Medicare since the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 that added a prescription drug benefit to the program.
As clinicians begin to rely more on AI, they will also need to cultivate new skills, particularly around critical interpretation of AI-generated insights, to fully leverage its potential in patient care. The post From Crawling to Caring: The Evolution of Clinical Practice with AI and Its Transformative Impact on Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
El aborto se ha convertido en el tema más importante de las elecciones de noviembre para las mujeres menores de 30 años, según una encuesta de KFF. Se trata de un cambio notable desde finales de la primavera, antes que la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris entrara en la carrera presidencial.Casi 4 de cada 10 mujeres menores…
The scaling power of AI can simultaneously remove barriers to access, drive costs down system-wide and elevate the role of the human clinician so they can focus on human touch that their patients need. The post Establishing Better Health Care Outcomes through AI appeared first on MedCity News.
This issue brief describes recent trends in the number of Medicaid outpatient prescriptions and the spending on those drugs and examines how the pandemic and pandemic-era policies may have impacted those trends.