‘Deductible Season’ Dilemma: Do Patients Really Need to Pay Those Past Due Bills?
At a time when people are questioning not just their bills but the institutions that…
‘Deductible Season’ Dilemma: Do Patients Really Need to Pay Those Past Due Bills?
At a time when people are questioning not just their bills but the institutions that send them, trust is the currency that matters most. The post ‘Deductible Season’ Dilemma: Do Patients Really Need to Pay Those Past Due Bills? appeared first on MedCity News.
What Do Healthcare Leaders Think About CMS’ Proposed Star Ratings Overhaul?
CMS is proposing major changes to Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, drawing mixed reactions from healthcare leaders. The post What Do Healthcare Leaders Think About CMS’ Proposed Star Ratings Overhaul? appeared first on MedCity News.
It’s the End Of the Line for One‑Size‑Fits‑All Weight Loss
Instead of viewing obesity as one uniform condition, experts now recognize that it can arise from multiple biological patterns. Understanding that difference could finally change how we approach treatment altogether. The post It’s the End Of the Line for One‑Size‑Fits‑All Weight Loss appeared first on MedCity News.
Journalists Dig Into Maine HIV Outbreak and Ever-Closer End to Enhanced ACA Subsidies
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed Maine’s largest HIV outbreak to date, including the challenges in tracking transmission and treating people with the virus, on The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Public Health On Call on Dec. 1. Click here to hear Pattani on Public Health On Call. Read Pattani’s “An…
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Oversight of PBMs
A bipartisan Senate bill would boost transparency and oversight of pharmacy benefit managers by changing how they’re paid, expanding reporting requirements and strengthening protections for pharmacies and taxpayers. The post Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Oversight of PBMs appeared first on MedCity News.
How LG Is Moving Into Clinical Workflows
As it deepens its push into healthcare, LG is developing more tools and workstations aimed at supporting clinical workflows. National sales leader Jim Salamon said the company’s innovations are designed around clinician needs, such as the desire for more lifelike color representation and lightweight displays that can be set up easily for home use. The…
Should health care spending make up 35% of GDP?
Perhaps at least according to Tyler Cowen. Here is an excerpt from his Conversation with Dan Wang: WANG: …health care is what, 20% of the American GDP?COWEN: 17 point something. That’s a lot, right?WANG: That’s a lot. That feels too high to me. I feel like we should be ringing better efficiencies out here.COWEN: It seems not high enough,…
Liquid Biopsy Firm Freenome Finds a Way to the Public Markets via $330M SPAC Merger
Freenome’s SPAC merger agreement comes as the liquid biopsy developer prepares for potential 2026 commercialization of SimpleScreen, a colorectal cancer test currently under FDA review. If approved, the Freenome blood test would compete against Guardant Health’s liquid biopsy, Shield. The post Liquid Biopsy Firm Freenome Finds a Way to the Public Markets via $330M SPAC…
In RFK Jr.’s Upside-Down World of Vaccines, Panel Votes To End Hepatitis B Shot at Birth
Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent or slow dementia, and a single human papilloma virus shot protects a girl from cervical cancer for the rest of her life. But in the upside-down world of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert…
Litigation Challenging the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law’s Provision Blocking Federal Medicaid Payments to Planned Parenthood
This brief provides an overview of these legal challenges and summarizes the key positions of the plaintiffs and the defendants, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
