Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people. The ambulances frequently travel back and forth to Mission Hospital in Asheville, the largest and most central hospital in the region. Trips can take more than two hours, according to Mark Snelson, director…
On What the Health? From KFF Health News, distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and host Julie Rovner sat down with Avik Roy, a GOP health policy adviser, to talk about how health care has evolved as a Republican issue. Roy, a co-founder and the chair of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, said…
By MATTHEW HOLT Strap in for a dramatic tale in which our hero battles bureaucracy and logic to try to get his health insurance back. About 20 years ago lots of Americans, especially Californians who bought health insurance from Blue Shield of California, found that their coverage was cancelled without them knowing about it. That…
The NFL’s secret weapon for injury prevention is data interoperability, according to Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer. The post What Healthcare Can Learn from the NFL appeared first on MedCity News.
Protagonist Therapeutics’ drug rusfertide reduced the need for phlebotomies as a way to treat the rare blood cancer polycythemia vera. Longer-term Phase 3 data for the Takeda Pharmaceutical-partnered peptide drug were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. The post Shining Light on How Protagonist, Takeda Drug Brings Treatment of a…
At a time when people are questioning not just their bills but the institutions that send them, trust is the currency that matters most. The post ‘Deductible Season’ Dilemma: Do Patients Really Need to Pay Those Past Due Bills? appeared first on MedCity News.
CMS is proposing major changes to Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, drawing mixed reactions from healthcare leaders. The post What Do Healthcare Leaders Think About CMS’ Proposed Star Ratings Overhaul? appeared first on MedCity News.
Instead of viewing obesity as one uniform condition, experts now recognize that it can arise from multiple biological patterns. Understanding that difference could finally change how we approach treatment altogether. The post It’s the End Of the Line for One‑Size‑Fits‑All Weight Loss appeared first on MedCity News.
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Maine’s largest HIV outbreak to date, including the challenges in tracking transmission and treating people with the virus, on The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Public Health On Call on Dec. 1. Click here to hear Pattani on Public Health On Call. Read Pattani’s “An…
A bipartisan Senate bill would boost transparency and oversight of pharmacy benefit managers by changing how they’re paid, expanding reporting requirements and strengthening protections for pharmacies and taxpayers. The post Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Oversight of PBMs appeared first on MedCity News.