Twenty-two million dollars to repay loans for people working in the addiction field. About $12,000 for gun silencers. Sixteen dollars for a children’s book about Spookley the Square Pumpkin. The purchases varied widely but they all came from the same source: opioid settlement money. The cash, which comes from companies accused of fueling the overdose…
By KIM BELLARD In 2025, we’ve got DNA all figured out, right? It’s been over fifty years since Crick and Watson (and Franklin) discovered the double helix structure. We know that permutations of just four chemical bases (A, C, T, and G) allow the vast genetic complexity and diversity in the world. We’ve done the…
CFO Celeste Mellet said the insurer is “not seeing anything” suggesting medical and pharmacy cost growth will slow in the coming year
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Renee Wittemyer, vice president of program strategy at Pivotal Ventures, and Dr. Regina Dugan, CEO of Wellcome Leap. They discuss the organizations’ recent $100 million commitment to accelerate women’s health research. The post MedCity FemFwd: Inside Wellcome Leap and Pivotal’s $100M Commitment To Women’s Health appeared first on…
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Deploying AI-driven segmentation at an enterprise level goes beyond operational efficiency. It signals a commitment to pioneering the next era of precision healthcare. The post Reimbursing Your Digital Twin: A New Era In Patient-Specific Surgery appeared first on MedCity News.
Care pathways are, in essence, the maps we follow to get patients from where they are to where they want to be. However, many rehab care plans are still too fragmented, too reactive, and too disconnected from the broader ecosystem of care. This won’t cut it in this next phase of transformation. The post Optimizing…
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Echo Kopplin wants South Dakota’s leaders to know that money from a new $50 billion federal rural health fund should help residents with limited transportation options. Kopplin, a physician assistant who works with seniors, low-income people, and mental health patients in the rural Black Hills, shared her thoughts at a meeting…
When President Donald Trump posted a satirical music video on social media in early October depicting his budget director, Russell Vought, as the Grim Reaper lording over Democrats in Congress, public health workers recognized a kernel of truth. Vought has exerted extraordinary control over government spending this year, usurping congressional decisions on how the nation’s…
An academic researcher argues that business activity is rearranging incentives in healthcare