Nancy Hunt arrived at an emergency room from a Genesis HealthCare nursing home in Pennsylvania in such dreadful shape, including maggots infesting her gangrened foot, that the hospital called an elder abuse hotline and then the police, her son alleged in a lawsuit. Hunt died five days later. Her death certificate said the foot injury…
YaoPharma’s once-daily oral GLP-1 drug is currently in Phase 1 testing. The license agreement gives Pfizer global rights to the small molecule, which it envisions as part of potential drug combinations. The post Pfizer’s Appetite for More Obesity Meds Leads to $150M Deal for Oral GLP-1 Drug From China appeared first on MedCity News.
To bend the cost curve, we need a smarter, more integrated approach to care management — one capable of addressing rising upstream cost drivers, while still delivering high-quality, patient-centered outcomes. The post Comorbidities Are Driving Up Healthcare Costs — Here’s How More Specialized Care Management Can Bring Them Under Control appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare’s next frontier isn’t policy reform or payment reform. It’s experience reform — reimagining every touchpoint between members, providers, and plans through the lens of design and empathy. The post If People Can Use TikTok, Why Can’t They Use Healthcare? appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief provides an overview of premiums and benefits in Medicare Advantage plans that are available for 2026 and key trends over time.
This brief provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage plans that are available for 2026 and key trends over time. In 2026, the average Medicare beneficiary has a choice of 32 Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans, two fewer than the 34 in 2025. Virtually all Medicare Advantage plans for 2026 provide multiple extra benefits…
[Sponsored] In an interview, UberDoc CEO Sean Kearney described how it is carving a niche for healthcare that better serves patients and physicians. The post Moving Beyond an Insurance-Based Framework for Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Bekki Holzkamm has been trying to hire a lab technician at a hospital in rural North Dakota since late summer. Not one U.S. citizen has applied. West River Health Services in Hettinger, a town of about 1,000 residents in the southwestern part of the state, has four options, and none is good. The hospital could…
Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figure income and health insurance. Then, four years ago, when Monroe was pregnant with twin girls, something started to feel off. “I kept having to come into the emergency room for…
David Garza sometimes feels as if he doesn’t have health insurance now that he pays so much to treat his Type 2 diabetes. His monthly premium payment of $435 for family coverage is roughly the same as the insurance at his previous job. But the policy at his current job carries an annual deductible of…