On a bright October day, high schoolers from Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus piled into a boat on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Most had never been on the water before. Their guide, Trey Sherard of the Anacostia Riverkeeper, started the tour with a well-rehearsed safety talk. The nonprofit advocates for the protection of…
Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes the president’s return will mean lower prices for gas, groceries, and other essentials. But Rouse is looking to the federal government for relief from one particular pain point: high health care costs. “The prices are just ridiculous,” said Rouse, 53, a retired Michigan firefighter…
New research found that most healthcare CFOs anticipate minimal financial gains this year due to high labor costs and insufficient payer rates. While providers are leveraging more data to improve financial planning, persistent challenges like wage pressures, recruiting difficulties and payers’ increasing use of technology to deny claims continue to strain margins. The post Labor…
Some Humana members can now access Thyme Care’s cancer care services, which include 24/7 virtual care navigation. The post Humana Taps Thyme Care for Value-Based Oncology Care appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] Executives from TailorCare, Altera Digital Health, and WiPro shared insights at the ViVE 2025 conference in Nashville. The post The Vibe at ViVE: Health Tech Leaders Share Insights from AI to Value-based Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Eikon Therapeutics’ lead drug candidate is designed to activate toll-like receptors 7 and 8, sparking an immune response that fights cancer. Beyond this TLR7/8 agonist, the biotech is also developing PARP inhibitors that could have advantages over cancer drugs currently available from this class. The post Eikon Raises $350M for Cancer Drug Pipeline Led by…
As Congress considers ways to cut Medicaid spending to help finance the extension of federal tax cuts, a new KFF analysis finds that imposing a cap on federal spending per Medicaid enrollee—known as a “per capita cap”—could trigger a decrease in federal Medicaid spending over a 10-year period of $532 billion to almost $1 trillion,…More
This analysis examines the potential impacts on states, Medicaid enrollees, and providers of implementing a per capita cap on federal Medicaid spending, which is one proposal that has been discussed in Congress. Such a plan could decrease federal Medicaid spending by $532 billion to almost $1 trillion over a 10-year period, depending on how states…
From the executive boardrooms of pharma companies to academic research centers, one fact is becoming unmistakably clear: making radiopharmaceuticals is an inherently complex, high-stakes endeavor, and the industry is racing to manage the risks of these perishable therapies before the clock runs out The post Radiopharmaceutical Manufacturing: A High-Stakes Race Against Time appeared first on…
For GLP-1 receptor agonists specifically, adherence challenges are a major concern, as these medications require long-term use to achieve meaningful health benefits in chronic conditions like diabetes and obesity. The post The Role of Medication Delivery in Non-Adherence appeared first on MedCity News.