Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony before the Senate Finance Committee follows the ouster last week of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarez. At least four other senior CDC officials resigned in protest. What are the biggest takeaways? What comes next? Tune in for a…
When minutes matter for a patient’s care, what is AI’s role in clinical practice? Elad Walach, co-founder and CEO of Aidoc — a company with a comprehensive AI health care platform that analyzes real-time images and flags time-sensitive findings — shares his perspective on AI’s transformative power in dodging diagnostic error, improving access to care,…
This tracker provides up-to-date information on countries with signed bilateral MOU global health agreements with the U.S.
PITTSBURGH — A false alarm that a gunman was roaming one Catholic high school and then another in March 2023 touched off frightening evacuations and a robust police response in the city. It also prompted the diocese to rethink what constitutes a model learning environment. Months after hundreds of students were met by SWAT teams,…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, whom many policymakers blame for the soaring cost of prescription drugs. PBMs have been under fire for years for alleged profiteering and anticompetitive conduct,…
Defensores de pacientes y consumidores confían en que Kamala Harris acelere los esfuerzos federales para ayudar a las personas que luchan con deudas médicas, si gana en las elecciones presidenciales del próximo mes. Y ven a la vicepresidenta y candidata demócrata como la mejor esperanza para preservar el acceso de los estadounidenses a seguros de…
By MIKE MAGEE The date was June 9, 1954. This was over a year after Wisconsin Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy had assumed the chairmanship of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The history shows that he had “rocketed to public attention in 1950 with his allegations that hundreds of Communists had infiltrated the State Department…
This data note reviews trends in homelessness and characteristics of people who are homeless using data from HUD’s Point-in-Time (PIT) count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness.
Many health plans are discovering that even after digitizing medical policies and implementing FHIR APIs, prior authorization turnaround times remain slow and provider frustration remains high. The reason is straightforward: digitization alone does not make medical‑necessity determinations executable by automated systems at scale. The post Digitizing Medical Policy Alone Will Not Automate Prior Authorization at…
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