As individual enrollment grows, agents must evolve to meet a more complex, consumer-driven market. The post Individual Coverage Is Reshaping Health Insurance. Agents Are the Key to Making It Work appeared first on MedCity News.
Changes to Medicaid funding, eligibility and enrollment could impact hospital finances. These interactive 50-state maps show the number of hospital employees by state and how hospital employment ranks among industry subsectors. Hospitals employed 6.7 million people in 2023, and more than 100,000 people in each of 23 states.
GSK drug Nucala has expanded its FDA-approved uses to include maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that’s driven by eosinophils, a type of immune cell. The antibody drug will compete against the blockbuster Sanofi product Dupixent, which expanded its FDA approval to COPD last year. The post GSK Inflammation Drug Lands New FDA Nod…
In this episode, we’re joined by Priyanka Jain, CEO and co-founder of Evvy, a vaginal health company. Jain discusses how Evvy is trying to improve women’s health research and what she hopes to achieve as a founding member of the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network. The post MedCity FemFwd: How Evvy Is Advancing Women’s Health…
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to…
Considerations for Developing Hospital Cleaning Procedures and Methods Elements of the Process The cleaning process depends on the people, protocols, and products involved. With various surfaces, equipment, and intricate designs, the hospital setting presents a unique challenge. In addition to creating efficient protocols and using effective products to clean and disinfect, hospitals must empower associates to…
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allows the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to negotiate drug prices. However, CMS can only negotiated drug prices 9 years after drug approval for small molecules and 13 years after approval for large molecules. Why the difference? Do biologic treatments produce superior health benefits for patients? This is the…
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to…
Harbor Health says its ultimate mission is to redesign the health system so that doctors and the team working with them truly get to know the people in their care