Medicare Advantage CEO: My Baby is Ugly…(video)

Earlier this month Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Health Plan, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage company, provided some refreshing straight talk on what is wrong with MA while stressing that it is far better than traditional Medicare for seniors. The post Medicare Advantage CEO: My Baby is Ugly…(video) appeared first on MedCity News.

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Clinician Adoption: How HealthTech Can Overcome Key Barriers

Even the most promising medical advancements struggle to take off in real-world settings without clinician buy-in. Here are some key factors that affect clinician adoption and ways healthtech companies can better position their innovations for success. The post Clinician Adoption: How HealthTech Can Overcome Key Barriers appeared first on MedCity News.

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California Halts Medical Parole, Sends Several Critically Ill Patients Back to Prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has halted a court-ordered medical parole program, opting instead to send its most incapacitated prisoners back to state lockups or release them early. The unilateral termination is drawing protests from attorneys representing prisoners and the author of the state’s medical parole legislation, who say it unnecessarily puts this vulnerable population at…

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