U.S. Global Health Country-Level Funding Tracker
This tracker provides U.S. global health funding data by program area and country. It will be updated as new data become available.
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Proposed Medicaid Federal Match Penalty for States that Have Expanded Coverage for Immigrants: State-by-State Estimates
This analysis examines the potential impacts of a provision in the House reconciliation bill that proposes reducing the federal matching rate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion population from 90% to 80% for states that either provide health coverage or financial assistance to purchase health coverage to individuals who are not “a qualified…
How Healthcare Organizations Can Maintain a Balanced Workforce Amid Staff Shortages and Burnout
The demands of the industry are constant, but when organizations prioritize the physical, emotional, and professional well-being of their caregivers, they build the foundation for long-term workforce stability. The post How Healthcare Organizations Can Maintain a Balanced Workforce Amid Staff Shortages and Burnout appeared first on MedCity News.
A Four-Part Roadmap for Responsible Prior Authorization
The tools exist today to significantly reduce PA’s burden on our healthcare system, we just need to mobilize and implement them. The post A Four-Part Roadmap for Responsible Prior Authorization appeared first on MedCity News.
Inequalities in CAR T-Cell Therapy Access for US Patients with Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL
That is the title of my recent publication with co-authors Andrea Chung, Sachin Vadgama, Kristen Hurley, Miguel-Angel Perales, Leonard Clarkson Alsfeld, Sanjana Muthukrishnan and Anik R Patel, Gunjan L Shah, Richard T Maziarz. The abstract is below. CAR T-cell therapy has shown curative potential for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and other malignancies,…
3 Things to Watch on Mental Health in Trump’s Early Budget Proposals
Since President Donald Trump released his 2026 budget blueprint in early May, calling for $163 billion in federal spending cuts, much of the attention has focused on his slashing of foreign aid and boosting of border security. But the proposal also holds important clues — amid some mixed messages — about the administration’s approach to…
Trump Won’t Force Medicaid to Cover GLP-1s for Obesity. A Few States Are Doing It Anyway.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before scheduling bariatric surgery, she readily agreed. “I’ve struggled with my weight for so long,” said Campbell, 40, a single mother of two. “I’m not opposed to trying anything.” In early April, about four weeks after…
How to Buy and Sell AI in health care? Not Easy.
By MATTHEW HOLT It was not so long ago that you could create one of those maps of health care IT or digital health and be roughly right. I did it myself back in the Health 2.0 days, including the old sub categories of the “Rebel Alliance of New Provider Technologies” and the “Frontier of…
How a New PE-Backed RCM Company Plans to Fix the ‘Transactional Bowels of US Healthcare’
Providers need a revenue cycle management platform that is more affordable and accurate, said Jeremy Dekinsky, CEO of Smarter Technologies, during MedCity News’ INVEST conference. New Mountain Capital formed Smarter Technologies this week by combining three separate platforms it had already acquired. The post How a New PE-Backed RCM Company Plans to Fix the ‘Transactional…
3 Health Investors Share Their Most Controversial Industry Takes
From AI to value-based care, three VCs shared their controversial takes on healthcare during a recent panel discussion at the MedCity INVEST conference. The post 3 Health Investors Share Their Most Controversial Industry Takes appeared first on MedCity News.