SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the nation braces for potential policy shifts under President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” mantra, the nation’s most populous state and largest health care market is preparing for a few changes of its own. With supermajorities in both houses, Democrats in the California Legislature passed — and Democratic Gov. Gavin…
By TAYLOR J. CHRISTENSEN When I attended the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 2024 annual forum in Orlando, Florida, one of the best parts of the conference, as always, was talking to the other attendees. Every time I would sit down to eat a meal or sit down in a session, I would talk to the…
By MATTHEW HOLT It’s JPM week. That means a ton of startup bros wandering around San Francisco wondering who all the biotech guys and investment banker greyhairs are and why they’re still wearing suits. Unlikely to be wearing suits are the digital health kids and the VCs they are trying to hunt down. The glory…
What options do payers have for setting prices for high-cost drugs? Examples include volume discounts, performance based contracts and coverage with evidence. However, is there a comprehensive taxonomy one can use for defining all these different pricing and payment options? The closest we have come is a new paper by Ardito, Ciani & Drummond (2024)….
It takes a lot of courage to grow old. I’ve come to appreciate this after conversations with hundreds of older adults over the past eight years for nearly 200 “Navigating Aging” columns. Time and again, people have described what it’s like to let go of certainties they once lived with and adjust to new circumstances….
Jessie Mazar squeezed the grab handle in her husband’s pickup and groaned as contractions struck her during the 90-minute drive from her home in rural northeastern California to the closest hospital with a maternity unit. She could have reached Plumas District Hospital, in Quincy, in just seven minutes. But it no longer delivers babies. Local…
“I’d like to see Generalized Cost Effectiveness Analysis become the norm for how we assess value.” – Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA 4th District) See the full interview here. To learn more about GCEA, check out the GCEA User Guide published last year.
This may be the best comeback performance of all time. Not only did Lindsey Vonn come out of retirement to race a World Cup downhill at age 40 but she placed 6th and did it on an artificial knee! Here’s the details on the surgery but first watch her performance and just look how happy…
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Frank Wampol had a dark realization when he came across some alarming data a few years ago: Over 5,000 male construction workers die from suicide annually —…
In November, Montana voters safeguarded the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. They also elected a new chief justice to the Montana Supreme Court who was endorsed by anti-abortion advocates. That seeming contradiction is slated to come to a head this year. People on polar sides of the abortion debate are preparing to fight…