Reimbursement issues in the healthcare industry are complex, but reimbursement is essential for healthcare organizations. Proper reimbursement allows providers to run operations efficiently and deliver consistent, high-quality patient care. It also enables organizations to invest in technologies that advance their operations. Read on to learn more about the causes of reimbursement issues and discover the…
Subsidies. Love ’em or hate them, they dominated the news during the Affordable Care Act’s sign-up season, and their reduction is now hitting many enrollees in the pocketbook. While lawmakers continue to disagree on a way forward, and the politics of affordability keeps the issue front and center, it would be understandable to think these…
Since practices tend to build more flexibility into APPs’ schedules, they can efficiently expand patients’ access to care while allowing physicians to focus on more complex patients. The post Addressing the Primary Care Crisis by Integrating Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) appeared first on MedCity News.
In a series of articles to promote INVEST 2025 in Chicago April 29-30, we are highlighting investment insights and perspectives in the runup to the boutique event for traditional and strategic healthcare investors and startups. Register today! The post Springboard Enterprises Executive-in-Residence Shares Advice to Startups appeared first on MedCity News.
Eliel Oliveira recently spoke with Healthcare Innovation about the state of interoperability in Texas and nationwide
Novartis, which already has experience with RNA interference therapies, is now turning to this modality as a potential way to treat Parkinson’s disease. The pharmaceutical giant is licensing rights to an Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals RNAi therapy designed to inhibit production of alpha synuclein, a protein associated with Parkinson’s progression. The post Novartis Tries Again in Parkinson’s,…
Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances — ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. In fact, the FDA can’t even require that supplements…
Hospitals are adopting AI technology more than ever before, but they still face challenges when it comes to measuring the impact of these solutions and scaling them, noted Kiran Mysore, chief data & analytics officer at Sutter Health. The post Hospitals Are Adopting AI — But Can They Measure and Scale These Tools? appeared first…
Food bank shortages caused by high demand and cuts to federal aid programs have some residents of a small community that straddles Idaho and Nevada growing their own food to get by. For those living in Duck Valley, a reservation of about 1,000 people that is home to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, there’s just one grocery…
By MATTHEW HOLT Two weeks ago I wrote an April Fool’s piece that claimed that Elon Musk and DOGE were going to nationalize American health care to save some money. That piece was half-joking but full-serious. If you look at what Musk is complaining about there are two major areas of “waste, fraud and abuse”…