To make sure that Food is Medicine interventions are delivered the right way, we must be deliberate and proactive in how we collect and share data. The post Food Is Medicine Needs Data To Thrive appeared first on MedCity News.
Employers are advocating for changes to the 340B Drug Pricing Program, arguing that it allows hospitals to “buy low and sell high” by purchasing discounted medications and charging insured patients full price. The post Why Employers Think the 340B Program Needs Reform appeared first on MedCity News.
They’re the fixers, the ones who step in when Affordable Care Act enrollees have a problem with their coverage, like a newborn incorrectly left off a policy or discovering that a rogue broker had signed them up or switched their plan without consent. Specially trained caseworkers help resolve such issues, which might otherwise cause consumers…
Las nuevas inscripciones bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) parecen ser hasta un millón menos que el número récord del año pasado, especialmente por problemas con el programa que enfrenta la saliente administración Biden. La reelección de Donald Trump para un segundo mandato ha generado incertidumbre sobre el futuro de…
Roche is buying 89bio to get pegozafermin, a drug currently in two Phase 3 studies for the fatty liver disease MASH. Beyond the $2.4 billion payable when the deal closes, another $1.1 billion in contingent value right payments is tied to the achievement of commercial milestones for the projected blockbuster seller. The post Roche’s Metabolic…
Philips is using its patient monitoring devices to help health systems deliver care more efficiently, especially in areas with specialist shortages. The company’s connected devices enable continuous monitoring from home to hospital and back, which can reduce diagnostic delays and improve patient safety, said Nick Wilson, Philps’ vice president of product. The post How Philips…
This analysis finds that Medicare’s negotiated prices for 10 high-expenditure prescription drugs are lower than what private Medicare drug plans had been paying, but still much higher than the prices available in 11 other wealthy nations.. It is available on the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.
Over the past ten months, Pear Suite has partnered with seven health plans to recruit and onboard more than 1,000 community health workers
Los cambios no autorizados en los planes médicos de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) parecen haberse reducido en las últimas semanas: reguladores federales informaron que hay menos quejas de los consumidores. Los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS), que supervisan ACA, atribuyen esta reducción a las medidas adoptadas…
I’m on this new podcast from Alex Koshykov – COO @ BeKey.io & Sergei Polevikov, Founder @ wellai.health and author of the rather aggressive and very fun AI Health Uncut. The podcast is called Digital Health Inside Out. The other guest was James Wang, General Partner at Creative Ventures. We got deep into the topic…