Longitude Health Takes on Cell and Gene Therapy
With strategic direction and funding from five health system members, Longitude already has initiatives around specialty pharmacy, population health, and financial experience
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Recortes a Medicaid impactarían muy fuerte en esta comunidad rural de Colorado
En el Valle de San Luis, al sur de Colorado, las nubes se elevan sobre las imponentes montañas de la cordillera Sangre de Cristo. Un coro de mirlos gorjea mientras revolotea entre los juncos de un refugio de vida silvestre. Grandes campos cultivados en forma de círculo, intercalados con arbustos autóctonos, dan una sensación de…
RFK Jr. Exaggerates Share of Autistic Population With Severe Limitations
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with scientists about for years. Kennedy held an April 16 press conference pegged to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that found the prevalence of autism rising to 1 in 31 among 8-year-olds, the…
Scaling Healthcare Starts at Home: The Case for Self-Treatment
By empowering patients to take part in their own care, we can expand capacity, improve outcomes, and make the system more sustainable. The post Scaling Healthcare Starts at Home: The Case for Self-Treatment appeared first on MedCity News.
What’s New and What To Watch For in the Upcoming ACA Open Enrollment Period
It’s that time of year again: In most states, the Affordable Care Act’s annual open enrollment season for health plans begins Nov. 1 and lasts through Jan. 15. Current enrollees who do not update their information or select an alternative will be automatically reenrolled in their current plan or, if that plan is no longer…
Doctor Wanted: Small Town Offers Big Perks To Attract a Physician
HAVANA, Fla. — For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years. But that ended in December when Mark Newberry retired. To attract a new doctor, Havana leaders took out want ads in local newspapers, posted notices on…
Impact of Medicare Part B on pharmaceutical price growth
Does Medicare Part B increase or decrease the prices of physician-administered drugs relative to physician-administered drugs covered by private insurance? That is the question a paper by Acquatella, Ericson and Starc (2023) aim to answer. Before we answer that question, we first need to understand how Part B works, how physicians are reimbursed, and how…
After Wegovy’s Historic MASH Approval, What’s Next?
Approval is only the beginning. Now comes the harder part: identifying the right patients, detecting the disease earlier, and monitoring outcomes so that this promising treatment is effective at scale. The post After Wegovy’s Historic MASH Approval, What’s Next? appeared first on MedCity News.
First Principles Thinking for Healthcare IT: AI Integration and Life Sciences
The right AI model applied to the right problem exponentially enhances our ability to match patients with potentially life saving treatments faster and more effectively. The only “trick” required for truly successful AI integration — in life sciences or any other facet of the healthcare industry — is clarity of purpose. The post First Principles…
Maybe It’s Not Just Aging. Maybe It’s Anemia.
Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. “I’d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,” he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked pale with dark circles under his eyes. His malady was not mysterious. As a retired nurse anesthetist, Sergott knew he had anemia, a deficiency of red blood…