Enhancing Hospital Cyber Resilience: The New CRR Program by Joint Commission and AHA
CRR provides a self-assessment tool and expert review to evaluate hospitals’ ability to sustain clinical operations amid cyber disruptions
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Generate Biomedicines’ IPO Brings In $400M for Pivotal Tests of Severe Asthma Drug
Flagship Pioneering-founded Generate Biomedicines aims to offer less frequent injections compared to a blockbuster asthma drug from partners Amgen and AstraZeneca. Generate’s drug comes from a “programable biology” platform technology that uses AI and machine learning to design proteins with desirable properties. The post Generate Biomedicines’ IPO Brings In $400M for Pivotal Tests of Severe…
How to Fix the Paradox of Primary Care
By MATTHEW HOLT If health policy wonks believe anything it’s that primary care is a good thing. In theory we should all have strong relationships with our primary care doctors. They should navigate us around the health system and be arriving on our doorsteps like Marcus Welby MD when needed. Wonks like me believe that…
Nursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts
When congressional Republicans in 2017 pushed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and slash Medicaid, dozens of physician groups, patient advocates, hospitals, and others rallied to defend the law and the safety-net program. Eight years later, two industry groups have been notably restrained as GOP lawmakers consider sweeping new Medicaid cuts: the American Medical Association…
Earlier Detection and Treatment are Essential for Meeting VBC Goals
While VBC opens the door to new care models, they alone cannot solve another key driver of healthcare costs: many people are diagnosed late in their disease progression when care costs are higher. The post Earlier Detection and Treatment are Essential for Meeting VBC Goals appeared first on MedCity News.
Trump’s Transparent Hospital Pricing Pays Off for Industry — But Not So Much for Patients
“We’re going to post that, all the prices for everything,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared at a recent event held by the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington. It’s a bold-sounding promise, and a familiar one; politicians from both parties have been repeating it for years now. Both Trump administrations — and the Biden administration in between — have taken whacks at making medical prices more accessible,…
Election Outcome Could Bring Big Changes to Medicare
On the campaign trail, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are eager to portray themselves as guardians of Medicare. Each presidential candidate accuses the other of backing spending cuts and other policies that would damage the health insurance program for older Americans. But the election’s outcome could alter the very nature…
Phony Bank Account Change Requests: A Growing Threat for Healthcare Finance Leaders
Phony bank account change requests aren’t just another check box on a fraud prevention list – they’re one of the most immediate and dangerous threats facing healthcare AP teams today. The post Phony Bank Account Change Requests: A Growing Threat for Healthcare Finance Leaders appeared first on MedCity News.
Quantifying the Impact of Medicaid Expansion
How did Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act impact health insurance coverage, cost and mental health? That is the question asked by Andreyeva, Rochford and Marthey (2025). They use 2011-2019 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to examine outcomes for Americans aged 26–54 with at least one child living in the…
Comparing U.S. Ebola Outbreak Response Capabilities and Practices Over Time
This brief compares the U.S. response to the current Ebola outbreak in DRC with U.S. responses to prior Ebola outbreaks across a variety of characteristics. It finds the US is on par or even faster with response funding, but the restructuring of the US response mechanisms and leadership (such as eliminating USAID) since 2025 have…