By KIM BELLARD I feel much about synthetic biology as I do AI: I don’t really understand it from a technical point of view, but I sure am excited about its potential. Sometimes they even overlap, as I’ll discuss later. But I’ll start with some recent developments with bioplastics, a topic I have somehow never…
UnitedHealth Group’s shares fell by over 22% on Thursday after its first quarter earnings. This is largely due to challenges in its Medicare Advantage business. The post Why UnitedHealth Group’s Shares Have Taken a Tumble appeared first on MedCity News.
On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation. “I was so scared,” said Morreale, a resident of the small western North Carolina town of Mars Hill. In that moment, her joy about being pregnant was eclipsed by fear she would have to stop taking…
[Sponsored] People are more empowered than ever to take care of their health. The post Top Fertility Supplements for Women in the U.S.: What to Know appeared first on MedCity News.
Las máximas autoridades en estadísticas del cáncer de Estados Unidos pronto deberán clasificar el sexo de los pacientes estrictamente como hombre, mujer o desconocido, un cambio que, según científicos y defensores de pacientes, afectará negativamente la salud de la población transgénero, una de las más marginadas del país. Médicos y activistas por los derechos de…
Sara Ratner is President of integrated Programs at Nomi Health. They work with employers and health plans to connect them to a network of providers (both telehealth and physical) who accept steep discounts in return for immediate payment. The employees in turn get no co-pay/no coinsurance. In addition they have an analytics company called Artemis…
This volume shares findings from the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust, along with updates from Robert Kennedy Jr’s senate hearings. It also examines distrust in public health messaging about bird flu, motivations for sharing information online, and how fraudulent research can sometimes inform AI chatbot models.
How America’s outdated insurance model is failing at its most important job The post The Myth of Insurance Networks appeared first on MedCity News.
Transportation is a vital part of the care journey, and if we are serious about improving outcomes, reducing missed appointments, and supporting healthier members, we have to be honest about where friction still exists and focus on removing it. The post Driving Outcomes with a Digital Transportation Infrastructure appeared first on MedCity News.