Centivo, Premise Health Strike Partnership to Create Primary Care-Focused Health Plan
Centivo and Premise Health are launching a new primary care-focused health plan that will become available to employers in the 2026 benefits cycle. The post Centivo, Premise Health Strike Partnership to Create Primary Care-Focused Health Plan appeared first on MedCity News.
Prioritizing CKD Screening Guidelines is Imperative to Combat Global Health Crisis
The consequences for not prioritizing new guidelines for CKD screening have a devastating impact on population health by increasing the global mortality rate and driving higher healthcare costs. The post Prioritizing CKD Screening Guidelines is Imperative to Combat Global Health Crisis appeared first on MedCity News.
The Nurse as Designer: Breaking Down Barriers with Clinician-Center Innovation
Integrating nursing expertise into technology design, development, and implementation fosters early user support, establishes credibility with the technology, and leads to significantly better usage across the organization, avoiding the creation of process workarounds. The post The Nurse as Designer: Breaking Down Barriers with Clinician-Center Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.
Who is Speaking at INVEST 2025?
The healthcare investor conference, scheduled for May 20 and 21 at the Willis Tower in Chicago, combines panel discussions, networking opportunities, and a startup pitch contest. Register today! The post Who is Speaking at INVEST 2025? appeared first on MedCity News.
An Arm and a Leg: How Do You Deal With Wild Drug Prices?
Prices for brand-name drugs in the U.S. are three times what the same drugs cost in other countries. And in a recent KFF survey, 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicine as prescribed at some point in the past year because of costs. “An Arm and a Leg” is collecting stories from listeners…
Doctor Wanted: Small Town Offers Big Perks To Attract a Physician
HAVANA, Fla. — For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years. But that ended in December when Mark Newberry retired. To attract a new doctor, Havana leaders took out want ads in local newspapers, posted notices on…
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) Spread
What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)? Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a rare but serious autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nervous system. It can cause muscle weakness, numbness, tingling, and even paralysis in severe cases. Although most patients recover, it can be life-threatening if the breathing muscles or autonomic functions…
George Boghos, Imagine Pediatrics
George Boghos is CEO of Imagine Pediatrics, a company founded out of former CMS Innovation head Adam Boehler’s Rubicon Partners fund. Imagine is a wraparound tech-based service helping some of the sickest kids in America–think kids on feeding tubes, cancer, mental health conditions, autism and more. They provide telehealth and on the ground services (like…
Public vs. Private Sector R&D Investments
In 2011, National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded discoveries contributed $69 billion to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) and supported seven million jobs. In 2020 alone, the US biomedical and pharmaceutical private sector generated more than $1.4 trillion in economic output. From Reece et al. (Health Affairs 2025) In addition to economic output, private-sector R&D…