Covid’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades: a mandate that homes employ a minimum number of nurses. But with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the industry is ramping up pressure to kill that requirement before it takes effect, leaving…
Small businesses are struggling with rising costs and tariffs, but many are still looking to maintain or increase health coverage, according to a recent report from Chase. The post Report: Small Businesses Work to Balance Rising Costs and Health Coverage appeared first on MedCity News.
Much of the public has yet to form an opinion on the U.S. government’s response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this poll finds. Four in ten adults say the U.S. is less prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020.
[Sponsored] Megan Zakrewsky, Vice President of Product, talked about how Veradigm is working with primary care providers to provide timely patient information without adding to their administrative burden. The post Reducing Care Gaps Through Payer Insights appeared first on MedCity News.
ISPOR recently released their award winners from their 2025 conference this May. Winners are listed below. I’m excited to announce that my podium presentation “Quantifying Treatment Value Using Alternative Health Benefit Metrics: A Case Study of Adjuvant Osimertinib for Elderly Patients with EGFR mutated NSCLC Following Resection” received an award for the Best General Podium…
Alzheimer’s costs American families upwards of $360 billion per year, and with our growing aging population, the disease needs to be more of a public health priority. The post The Dementia Diagnosis Gap Is Wider Than We Think appeared first on MedCity News.
For 2025, the average star rating for Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug contracts was 3.92, compared to 4.07 for 2024, 4.14 for 2023 and 4.37 for 2022. The post Medicare Advantage Star Ratings Drop Again appeared first on MedCity News.
New research from Cedar found that about 40% of collectible healthcare dollars now come from uninsured patients, a share that has jumped 54% in three years. The shift is forcing providers to rethink their revenue cycle strategies as patient payments become more difficult — and more important — to collect. The post The Uninsured Rate…
Scoping reviews are a type of knowledge synthesis, which follow a systematic approach to map evidence on a topic and identify main concepts, theories, sources, and knowledge gaps. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) defines a scoping review as: ‘exploratory projects that systematically map the literature available on a topic, identifying key concepts, theories,…
Ochsner Health is expanding its use of Latent Health’s AI platform after its reduced medication prior authorization times to just 4-5 minutes. The technology is designed to both streamline pharmacists’ workflows as well as improve patients’ access to medications. The post Ochsner Health Scales AI Tool After Its Cuts Prior Authorization Time to Just 4-5…