The question is no longer whether shareback matters. It is whether the healthcare ecosystem is willing to prioritize it in practice by recognizing it in policy measurement, monitoring, and enforcement, as well as investing in the technical and governance structures needed to make shareback routine, high-quality, measurable, and reportable. The post Why Quality Shareback is…
In the future, healthcare AI startups that offer multimodal models may have an easier time raising venture capital than healthcare AI companies that don’t, according to Morgan Cheatham, vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners. The post How One Investor Views the Future of Healthcare AI appeared first on MedCity News.
When the head of the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan worries about the looming federal cuts to Medicaid, it’s not just her job. It’s personal. Martha Santana-Chin, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, grew up on Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, the government-run health care program for people with low incomes and disabilities. Today, she…
An Urban Institute report finds that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cause 5–10 million people to lose Medicaid coverage by 2028, with outcomes heavily dependent on how states implement work requirements and eligibility rules. The post State Mitigation Strategies Could Blunt Medicaid Coverage Losses appeared first on MedCity News.
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As multi-billion investment continues to pour into the R&D of future obesity medications, the need for evidence generation of health benefits beyond short-term weight loss will be critical to the decision-making of healthcare providers and payers. The post Redefining Clinical Development of Obesity Drugs: What Does Success Look Like? appeared first on MedCity News.
False claims about the safety of mifepristone are driving legislative and investigative action in Congress, even as major medical organizations and decades of clinical evidence support the drug’s safety. And competing interpretations of what censorship and free speech mean are impacting how health misinformation is moderated.
World Class Health’s $10 million raise was led by Transformation Capital. It comes six months after the company secured $8 million in seed funding. The post World Class Health Secures $10M for Global Centers of Excellence Network appeared first on MedCity News.
That is the title of my new publication out today with the subtitle “A case study of rifaximin for the treatment of overt hepatic encephalopathy using QALY and non-QALY measures“. This was work with co-authors Shanshan Wang, Leonardo Passos Chaves, Olamide Olujohungbe, Sanjana Muthukrishnan, and Aditi Chaudhary. The abstract is below. BackgroundTraditional cost effectiveness analyses…
Digital twin technology can serve as an effective complement to some of the exciting advancements occurring in the metabolic health space, such as new generations of continuous glucose monitors and a slew of GLP-1s, according to Lisa Shah, chief medical officer at Twin Health. The post Why Digital Twin Technology Could Help Maximize GLP-1 Efficacy…