PLEASANTVILLE, Iowa — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that effectively prevent many people with disabilities from holding full-time jobs. “Which is it? Do you want us to work or not?” he said. Mecham, 31, relies on…
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FDA approval of Icotyde covers the treatment of adults and adolescents with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. This once-daily pill, developed by partners Johnson & Johnson and Protagonist Therapeutics, offers an easier dosing option compared to injectables and is projected to become a blockbuster seller across several immunological indications. The post J&J Gets FDA Nod for Plaque…
The 340B Drug Pricing Program was designed to help safety net providers serve low-income patients, but it has since ballooned into a multibillion-dollar system dominated by large health systems — with a major lack of transparency about how savings are used to benefit patients. As HRSA launches a new rebate-based model meant to boost oversight,…
By KIM BELLARD Perhaps you are the kind of person who acts as though that the food in the grocery store somehow magically appears, with no supply chain vulnerabilities along the way. You trust that the water that you drink and the air you breathe are just fine, with no worries about what might have…
In the push toward a more seamless, digitally enabled future, it’s important we understand exactly how this rush to interoperability may actually harm patients, instead of helping, and what we can do to make sure they keep pace. The post Don’t Leave Healthcare’s Greatest Asset Behind on the Road to Interoperability appeared first on MedCity…
The true foundation of capacity isn’t only laid with steel and glass; it’s also built through investment in platforms and processes, and benchmarks that prevent those beds from being needed in the first place. The post Harnessing Clinical Expertise to Unlock Hospital Capacity appeared first on MedCity News.
Utah is piloting an AI system developed by Doctronic to autonomously handle routine prescription refills, aiming to reduce delays and boost medication adherence. But a report from Mindgard AI claiming that there are vulnerabilities in the company’s chatbot underscores the broader challenge regulators and developers face in ensuring healthcare AI systems remain safe and reliable…
When Judith Miller had routine blood work done in July, she got a phone alert the same day that her lab results were posted online. So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that her overall tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and low anion gap listed…