Congress Faces Year-End Deadline to Extend Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities
Telehealth Modernization Act would also extend Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver flexibilities
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How Can Fintech Make it Easier for Early Stage Life Science Companies to Grow?
[Sponsored] A webinar on May 8th will explore how a banking platform approach could be a resource for the needs of entrepreneurs across biotech, diagnostics, and other life science companies. The post How Can Fintech Make it Easier for Early Stage Life Science Companies to Grow? appeared first on MedCity News.
BioMarin’s $270M Inozyme Acquisition Brings Drug That Could Become First for a Rare Disease
Inozyme Pharma’s main asset is in pivotal testing in children who have a rare enzyme deficiency that affects bones and blood vessels. BioMarin Pharmaceutical, already well established in enzyme replacement, said it will use its experience and infrastructure to grow the market for this product, potentially for several indications. The post BioMarin’s $270M Inozyme Acquisition…
Abortion Trends Before and After Dobbs
This brief reviews the different sources of abortion data in the United States, the factors that have affected abortion rates across the U.S, before and after Roe v. Wade, and what we may see as the Trump administration, Republican majorities in the House and Senate, and a conservative federal judiciary shape policy in the coming…
Tracking the Health Savings Accounts Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill
KFF is tracking the Health Savings Accounts provisions included in the legislation approved by the Budget Committee compared to current law
Seca Launches First Portable Body Composition Scan for Primary Care
German medical device company seca released the first portable body composition scanner designed for primary care. The scanner seeks to give primary care providers a more accurate picture of their patient’s health, as well as help them spot certain conditions — such as sarcopenia, obesity and metabolic disorders — earlier. The post Seca Launches First…
Streamlining Public Benefits Access is a Must to Address Poverty
By ALISTER MARTIN and TARA MENON If a friend were to ask you which state, Massachusetts or Texas, has a more streamlined federal benefits enrollment program, what would your guess be? Having screened over 17,000 families and helped them obtain more than $1.8M in federal and state aid through our work in both Massachusetts and…
Headline: Moving the bar(rier) forward: the benefits of de-risking cytokine release syndrome
By SAMANTHA MCCLENAHAN Every breakthrough in cancer treatment brings hope, but it also comes with a staggering price, raising a critical question: how do we balance groundbreaking advances with the financial reality that could limit access for many patients? Developing new cancer medications involves extensive research, clinical trials, and regulatory approvals; a lengthy process that…
Why a digital front door in healthcare matters more than ever
Could healthcare organizations be doing more to open their digital front door? According to a 2024 study by HIMSS researchers, hospitals that embrace digital technology see stronger patient experience outcomes. This aligns with Experian Health’s most recent State of Patient Access (SOPA) survey, in which patients and providers agreed that patient access had improved thanks…
One Nation, Under Anxiety
Newscasts deliver reports of plane crashes, political turmoil, mass layoffs, rising food prices, and unexpected public health alerts at an increasing pace. In what used to be predictable routines – planning meals, commuting to work, taking kids to school – people across the country now sense an undercurrent of apprehension. The post One Nation, Under…