This policy watch provides an update on the latest trends in children’s routine vaccination and exemption rates and discusses how these trends could be impacted by the administration change.
Get Accurate Results with Blood Test at Home Table of Contents Introduction to Home Blood Testing You need not wait several days for a doctor’s appointment or spend hours waiting at diagnostic labs. These modern test kits allow you to monitor important health markers right from your home, with accurate results delivered quickly and privately….
Through new diagnostic methods, integrated approaches and innovative management solutions, patients no longer have to live with discomfort. Here are three major ways the GI field is evolving to better care for patients today. The post Thinking with Our Gut: How the Management of GI Conditions is Evolving appeared first on MedCity News.
When Matthew Hurley was looking to take PrEP to prevent HIV, the doctor hadn’t heard of the medicine, and when he finally did prescribe PrEP, the bills sent to Hurley were expensive … and wrong. “I decided to write in because the process was really super frustrating.” At one point, Hurley asked, “Am I just…
FDA approval for Eli Lilly’s oral GLP-1 drug, Foundayo, comes about three months after Novo Nordisk launched its Wegovy pill. While clinical trial results for both daily pills showed comparable weight reduction, Lilly’s pill offers patients a slight dosing advantage. The post Eli Lilly Gets Speedy FDA Nod for Oral GLP-1 Drug, a Competitor to…
Claim denials are a well-documented challenge for healthcare organizations. Denied claims take much longer to pay out than first-time claims, if they get paid at all. Each one means additional hours of rework and follow-up, pulling in extra resources as staff review payer policies and figure out what went wrong. It’s time-consuming and costly. Beyond…
Innovaccer is committing $250 million to expand its AI agent platform, which automates workflows across areas like prior authorization, revenue cycle management and population health. The move comes amid an ongoing debate over whether administrative AI tools can ultimately reduce costs for providers. The post Why Innovaccer Is Pouring $250M into Its Agentic AI Platform…
On this blog we most often talk about health care issues related to chronic and acute conditions, health behaviors and public health. However, there is another dimension that is vital to health: avoiding natural disasters. Unfortunately, natural disasters appear to having an increasing impact in the US across the past decades. Between 1980-2024, 16,941 people…
Image Key dates to get Marketplace coverage next year: November 1, 2024: Open Enrollment starts — first day you can enroll in, renew, or change Marketplace plans.December 15, 2024: Last day to enroll in or change plans for coverage to start January 1.January 15, 2025: Open Enrollment ends — last day to enroll in or…