Many providers are still struggling to recover from the workforce crisis that emerged during the pandemic, two healthcare leaders said during a recent panel. The post Where Does Healthcare’s Workforce Crisis Stand? appeared first on MedCity News.
StretchDollar’s $6 million raise was led by Fika Ventures and Oscar Health and included participation from Precursor Ventures and Springbank. The post ICHRA Startup Secures $6M to Streamline Health Benefits for Small Businesses appeared first on MedCity News.
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A new National Academies committee study report, A New Vision for Women’s Health Research: Transformative Change at the National Institutes of Health, was co-chaired by Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president and director of women’s health policy. The report finds that while the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made important contributions that have led to…More
One day after the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, police are searching for the shooter
Brian Thompson’s murder was chilling, but the social media response of this tragedy was equally shocking, if eye-opening. It shows a massive collapse of public trust in our healthcare system, a system so broken that it bankrupts families, denies life-saving care, and treats death as an acceptable cost of doing business. The post A Healthcare…
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday December 5 at 1pm PST 4pm EST are patient safety expert Michael Millenson, patient advocate & entrepreneur Robin Farmanfarmaian; futurist Jeff Goldsmith; and employer & care consultant Brian Klepper. You can see the video below live (and later archived) & if you’d rather listen than watch, the audio…
The startup’s first disease target is chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), which can be treated with a blockbuster Argenx drug. Nuvig aims to show its drug can offer a better way to treat this disease and other autoimmune conditions. The post Nuvig Therapeutics Nabs $161M to Build Case for a Better Approach to Autoimmune Disease…
In this JAMA Health Forum post, Executive Vice President Larry Levitt explores why the incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are likely to pursue budget cuts in Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and why such efforts are likely to boost the number of uninsured Americans.
Hooman Hakami, who has served as a senior executive at GE Healthcare and Medtronic, has been appointed CEO