Health care is suddenly front and center in the final sprint to the presidential election, and the outcome will shape the Affordable Care Act and the coverage it gives to more than 40 million people. Besides reproductive rights, health care for most of the campaign has been an in-the-shadows issue. However, recent comments from former…
Early submissions in AI/HopGPT Challenge range from tools for coding and clinical documentation to solutions that could reduce workload and improve enterprise support
The Train More Nurses Act would help address these challenges by directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as the U.S. Labor Department, to conduct a review of nursing grant programs to identify opportunities to increase faculty at nursing schools nationwide, especially in underserved communities. The post To Train More…
That is according to the FDA. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery summarizes the progress to date as follows. The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) approved 57 new therapeutic drugs (NTD) in 2024. This is slightly above the average of 53 NTDs per year for 2014–2024,…
On Friday, the White House announced that it was slashing one-tenth of the CDC workforce
Blood centers are neutral partners, as they do not compete with hospitals for patients. Instead, they complement hospitals by providing a focused array of high-quality, specialized, patient-centric services, allowing hospitals to maintain primary relationships with patients and their families. The post Blood Centers Complement Hospitals to Drive Cell and Gene Therapy Access appeared first on…
While AI has the potential to streamline processes, its current use in the revenue cycle is resulting in more claim denials, payment delays, and a greater need for appeals, particularly because payers often use AI to retroactively review medical necessity determinations. The post How Payers are Using AI to Deny Claims and Dent Provider Revenue…
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Tuesday November 26 at 1PM PT 4PM ET are THCB regular writer and ponderer of odd juxtapositions Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard); medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee); and a new guest from Marsh McLennan, Employee Benefits Consultant Ryan Koo (@RyanKoo). You can see the video below & if you’d rather listen…
This slideshow examines how cost and insurance affects people’s access to care, including decisions to forgo or delay needed care and access to a usual source of care.
By MICHAEL MILLENSON January In a blistering commentary, the American Medical Association’s flagship journal, JAMA, condemns the corrosive effect on patient care of the profit-seeking practices of health insurers. Separately, the organization announces that it’s selling the 13 journals in its JAMA Network to a private equity firm for $375 million “in order to enhance…