StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups
Check out news from Oral Genome, Junevity, Coral, Keragon, and more. The post StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups appeared first on MedCity News.
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Blood Centers Complement Hospitals to Drive Cell and Gene Therapy Access
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…
Vermont HIE Tightens Integration With Public Health, Medicaid
VITL CEO Beth Anderson says the pandemic helped cement a bond between Vermont health information exchange and Department of Health
5 Takeaways From Health Insurers’ New Pledge To Improve Prior Authorization
Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system. Dozens of insurance companies, including Cigna, Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare, agreed to several measures, which…
How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs’ Grip on Drug Prices
Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that shape the U.S. drug market. Her job, as a policy advocate at drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, was to tell patient and physician groups about the PBMs’ role in high drug prices. Armed with that knowledge, Lewandowski filed a potentially groundbreaking lawsuit in…
Top 5 Reads to End Your Week Smarter
FDA to use AI in drug evaluation (cderGPT?)Database of hospital mergers and acquisitions. Medicaid coverage generosity and crime.Limits placed on COVID-19 vaccine access.Where are we on using AI for SLRs?
Nordic Capital Acquires Arcadia, Entering the VBC Space
Nordic Capital acquired a majority stake in health data platform Arcadia. Together, the two aim to accelerate the company’s mission of advancing value-based care through AI and data analytics. Arcadia CEO Michael Meucci views the deal as both a validation of the company’s strategy and part of a broader wave of healthcare investments focused on…
Evidence-Based Medicine: AI Scribes Actually Work
By reducing the time spent on administrative tasks, AI scribes allow physicians to focus more on what truly matters — patient care. As the technology continues to evolve and improve, its adoption will likely become more widespread, further enhancing its benefits. The post Evidence-Based Medicine: AI Scribes Actually Work appeared first on MedCity News.