At least according to CEOs from Novartis, Sanofi and AstraZeneca. Reuters reports: European drugmakers are urging the EU to allow higher medicine prices, warning that without stronger investment incentives, the bloc would fall further behind the U.S., where tariff threats have triggered a wave of pharma investment announcements. AstraZeneca Chief Executive Officer Pascal Soriot said…
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how mental health therapists are finding it difficult to work with insurance companies on WOSU Public Media’s “All Sides with Amy Juravich” on March 27. Click here to hear Pattani on “All Sides with Amy Juravich” KFF Health News national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the effects of…
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[Sponsored] Mobile clinics are expanding access to care by helping health care organizations deliver services directly to communities. The post Top Companies to Build and Operate Mobile Clinics for Your Organization appeared first on MedCity News.
They’re back and I’m an Executive Producer again (don’t ask what that means!). Entries are open now and close on July 31. Awards given out at HLTH on October 20. The team even made a spiffy video about it!–Matthew Holt
Alanys Ortiz entiende las señales de Josephine Senek antes de que ella pueda decir nada. Josephine, quien vive con una rara y debilitante condición genética, mueve los dedos cuando está cansada y muerde el aire cuando algo le duele. Josephine tiene 16 años y ha sido diagnosticada con mosaicismo de tetrasomía 8p, autismo severo, trastorno…
Could a more targeted approach to patient collections help providers maximize revenue? Wooster Community Hospital (WCH) has proof that it can – to the tune of a 7.75% boost in annual collections. In a recent webinar, Kristen Shoup, Wooster’s Revenue Cycle Director, and Judy Wirtz, Senior Analytics Consultant at Experian Health, shared their success in…
Threat actors continue to refine their strategies, and the financial incentives for cybercrime persist. However, the combination of stronger defenses, regulatory pressure, and industry collaboration is starting to shift the balance in favor of defenders. The post The Changing Landscape of Ransomware: Why Healthcare Organizations Are Paying Less appeared first on MedCity News.
RICHMOND, Vt. — On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels his maple syrup business. He was checking for damage after recent flooding. But these days, his workers’ health worries him more than his trees’. The cost of Slopeside Syrup’s employee health insurance premiums spiked 24%…
Opioid overdose deaths fell sharply from 2023 to 2024 (79,358 to 54,045), driven largely by decreases in fentanyl-involved deaths. Even after these declines, deaths remained above 2019, the year before opioid deaths increased sharply during the pandemic.