On May 14, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced its portion of a budget reconciliation bill to meet spending targets included in the budget resolution passed by Congress. As anticipated, Medicaid work requirement provisions are included and preliminary estimates released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that this provision would reduce federal spending…
It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80. Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, a chemical used to control the consistency of thousands of…
Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.” President Donald Trump, in a May 11 post on Truth Social President Donald Trump expressed high hopes for an executive order to reduce drug prices. On May 11, the day before he held a White House event to sign the executive order,…
Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Donald Trump ordered in the name of reducing waste and improving efficiency. But most of the impact isn’t as tangible as, say, higher egg prices at the grocery store. One thing experts from a wide range of fields, from…
Patrick Quigley is the CEO of Sidecar Health. It’s a start up health insurance company that has a new approach to how employers and employees buy health care. Sidecar is betting on the radical pricing transparency idea. Instead of going down the contacting and narrow network route, Sidecar presents average area pricing and individual provider…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ $256 million offer was chosen the winner of 23andMe’s bankruptcy auction. Drug research never became a big part of the genetic testing company’s business, but it is getting a new life by joining Regeneron Genetics Center, a Regeneron subsidiary that analyzes genetic data for drug R&D. The post 23andMe Bankruptcy Auction Win Adds…
Durante su primer gobierno, los principales funcionarios de salud del presidente Donald Trump autorizaron a Carolina del Norte a utilizar dinero de Medicaid para servicios sociales que tradicionalmente no estaban cubiertos por el seguro médico. Fue un experimento pionero en el país para canalizar fondos de atención médica hacia vivienda, nutrición y otros servicios sociales….
ZEM Life is developing a smartwatch that can deliver Narcan to combat a fentanyl overdose. The post How One Company Aims to Save Lives with Its Smartwatch appeared first on MedCity News.
To scale clinical AI, vendors must design tools that feel natural and personalized to each doctor — otherwise, clinicians won’t use them, said Heidi Health CEO Tom Kelly. In the crowded AI scribe market, he believes that clinician adoption rates, not flashy integration or deployment speeds, are the true measure of success. The post How…
WINNER, Dakota del Sur — Sophie Hofeldt tenía previsto hacerse los controles de embarazo y dar a luz en el hospital local, a 10 minutos de su casa. En cambio, ahora, para ir a la consulta médica, tiene que conducir más de tres horas entre ida y vuelta. Es que el hospital donde se atendía,…