[Sponsored] Measurement-based care (MBC) has shifted from a best practice to a baseline expectation in behavioral health and integrated settings. The post Designing Scalable Measurement-Based Care Systems for Expanding Health Care Organizations appeared first on MedCity News.
As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, signed onto legislation with a simple aim: Provide federal assistance to first responders diagnosed with service-related cancer. The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act is considered crucial by its supporters, with climate change fueling an increase…
To understand the role of Medicare Part D stand-alone prescription drug plans in serving rural Medicare beneficiaries, this data note analyzes 2025 Part D enrollment in PDPs and Medicare Advantage drug plans by geographic area nationally and at the state level.
How does patient quality of life impact caregiving burden? Often this is determined using caregiver surveys. However, a paper by Jiao et al. (2025) aims to use a data based approach to help estimate caregiver burden. They The authors use data from the 2010-2018 Health and Retirement Survey (HRS). HRS data was selected because there…
As breast cancer treatment continues to improve, our focus must expand beyond survival to encompass the quality of life during and after treatment. The post The Silent Threat — Why Early Lymphedema Detection Matters for Breast Cancer Survivors appeared first on MedCity News.
This year’s HIMSS conference featured many news announcements — from advanced partnerships to product launches to new research. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for six of the conference’s most notable announcements. The post 6 HIMSS Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss appeared first on MedCity News.
In this brief, we explore avenues for expanding hormonal contraceptive care and supplies through pharmacies, as well as how and where pharmacies and pharmacists may be positioned to fill gaps in contraceptive care where there are few brick-and-mortar family planning providers, as well as the challenges in expanding these pathways.
Digital health funding rebounded in the first quarter of 2026, reaching $4 billion across 110 deals, according to data from Rock Health. The surge was fueled mainly by megadeals, reflecting a market where investors are placing larger bets on fewer startups. The post Digital Health Startups Raised $4B in Q1: How Cash Is Flowing Amid…
Independent Health allegedly violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes to Medicare to inflate payments for its enrollees
[Sponsored] The top-rated U.S. organizations with the best physical therapy for stroke recovery are known for structured brain injury rehabilitation programs, multidisciplinary teams and measurable outcomes. The post Top-Rated Physical Therapy Clinics Specializing in Stroke Recovery appeared first on MedCity News.