The Vibe at ViVE: Fresh, or Fairly Ripe, This Year?
A feeling of greater realism has seemed present at ViVE25 in Nashville this week
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Prioritizing Care That Cures – Fighting the Epidemic With Opioid Treatment Programs
Policymakers should recognize the advantages of this multi-faceted care model and ensure legislative and regulatory environments allow for its continued growth. The post Prioritizing Care That Cures – Fighting the Epidemic With Opioid Treatment Programs appeared first on MedCity News.
Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?
In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he now oversees. He said that Medicaid is fully funded by the federal government (it’s not) and that many enrollees are unsatisfied…
The Covid ‘Contrarians’ Are in Power. We Still Haven’t Hashed Out Whether They Were Right.
In October, Stanford University professor Jay Bhattacharya hosted a conference on the lessons of covid-19 in order “to do better in the next pandemic.” He invited scholars, journalists, and policy wonks who, like him, have criticized the U.S. management of the crisis as overly draconian. Bhattacharya also invited public health authorities who had considered his…
Patients Are NPCs
By KIM BELLARD I found a new way to think about patients in an opinion piece by Ezra Klein: they’re NPCs. For those of you unfamiliar with gaming, NPCs are those characters in video games that aren’t controlled by live players; they’re part of the game, serving as background for the actions the actual players…
LLM in HEOR: An evaluation framework
Health economics and outcomes research has already started to use AI tools such as large language models (LLM) across a diverse set of study types, including systematic literature reviews (SLR), health economic modelling (HEM) and real-world evidence (RWE). In SLRs, LLMs can assist with abstract and full-text screening, bias assessment, data extraction, and automating meta-analysis…
RFK Jr. Gives First Speech to HHS Staff, Focusing on His Priorities
Five days after taking the oath of his office, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed HHS staffers
What Sets 2025’s Digital Health Funding Environment Apart from Previous Years?
This year, venture capitalists in the digital health landscape have many more quality investment opportunities than they did in the past couple years, according to Oak HC/FT Partner Billy Deitch. He noted that many startups have been preserving the capital over the past two years with the plan to raise funds in 2025. The post…
Highmark Launches Virtual Pelvic Health Offering Powered by Sword Health
Highmark and Sword Health launched a new virtual pelvic health offering on Monday. The program connects members with a pelvic health specialist. The post Highmark Launches Virtual Pelvic Health Offering Powered by Sword Health appeared first on MedCity News.
Deny and Delay? California Seeks Penalties for Insurers That Repeatedly Get It Wrong
When Colleen Henderson’s 3-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years. After being told her health insurance wouldn’t cover an ultrasound, Henderson charged the $6,000 procedure to her credit card. Then came the news: There was a…