Immigrant Advocate: Revoking Dreamers’ Health Insurance Access Will Impact Providers and Patients
An estimated 750,000 to 2 million people would lose health insurance with proposed rule, with the potential to further burden EDs
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Impact of NIH Funding Cuts on Drug Development
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report titled “How Changes to Funding for the NIH and Changes in the FDA’s Review Times Would Affect the Development of New Drugs.” The report evaluates two scenarios: A permanent 10 percent reduction in the amount of funding that the government provides to the NIH, andA…
The Silent Mental Health Crisis of Climate Change
Many of those who survive the loss, devastation, and displacement of an extreme climate event — such as a flood, tornado, drought, or wildfire — experience anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and even suicidal thoughts. Similar mental illnesses are often found even when people are indirectly exposed to extreme climate events. The post The…
Trump Administration Retreats From 100% Withholding on Social Security Clawbacks
The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them. Instead, the agency will default to withholding 50% of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, the agency said in an “emergency message” to staff…
Fate of Black Maternal Health Programs Is Unclear Amid Federal Cuts
Eboni Tomasek expected to take home her newborn the day after he was born in a San Jose hospital. But, without explanation, hospital staff said they needed to stay a second night. Then a third. A nurse said her son had jaundice. Then said that he didn’t. She wondered if they had confused her with…
FDA Approves Abeona Gene Therapy for Healing Wounds From Rare, Inherited Skin Disease
Abeona Therapeutics makes Zevaskyn by engineering a patient’s biopsied skin cells to express the collagen that they lack, then growing those cells into sheets that can be surgically applied to a wound. Abeona’s cell-based gene therapy is just the third FDA-approved treatment for epidermolysis bullosa, a rare disease that leads to skin described as thin…
How Health Systems Can Thrive in Navigating the Specialty Pharmacy Landscape
Specialty pharmacies must meet complex requirements, introducing administrative requirements that can be challenging for health systems to manage internally. Here some strategies that can be employed. The post How Health Systems Can Thrive in Navigating the Specialty Pharmacy Landscape appeared first on MedCity News.
FDA Approves First At-Home Cervical Cancer Test
Teal Health received FDA approval for the first-ever at-home cervical cancer test, which seeks to give patients an alternative to the in-office pap smear. The test is already covered by four major payers in California. The post FDA Approves First At-Home Cervical Cancer Test appeared first on MedCity News.
Join the Healthcare Innovation Conversation at MedCity INVEST
The boutique event, scheduled for May 20-21 in Chicago, offers engaging discussions on emerging trends in healthcare and networking opportunities. The post Join the Healthcare Innovation Conversation at MedCity INVEST appeared first on MedCity News.
The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year
MIAMI — Josefina Muralles works a part-time overnight shift as a receptionist at a Miami Beach condominium so that during the day she can care for her three kids, her aging mother, and her brother, who is paralyzed. She helps her mother feed, bathe, and give medicine to her adult brother, Rodrigo Muralles, who has…