At a memorial service in 2022, veteran Air Force Capt. Monte Watts bumped into a fellow former Minuteman III nuclear missile operator, who told him that she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Watts knew other missileers with similar cancers. But the connection really hit home later that same January day, when the results of a blood test…
Healthcare organizations can leverage AI to identify at-risk members and facilitate ongoing human contact, emphasizing relationship-centered interventions over mere process optimization for better health and cost outcomes.
Other key concerns include reduced access to rural healthcare and emergency department boarding contributing to worse patient outcomes
This resource examines U.S. global health funding awards going to U.S.-based implementers in FY2024, by state and congressional district
Virginia’s General Assembly is set to vote on the Affordable Medicine Act, aiming to extend Medicare drug price negotiations to state plans
The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could be released this…
Impact of the government shutdown on health services.Why do patients with sickle cell disease disproportionately leave hospitals against medical advice?New estimates of upcoding.TrumpRx.“FDA will not be able to accept applications for new drugs, generics, biologics, biosimilars or medical devices that require payment of a user fee while the shutdown is in effect”
Many experts – be they venture capitalists or private equity investprs – shared their advice to biotech entrepreneurs navigating a tough funding envornment. The post How Can Startups Navigate the Difficult Funding Environment appeared first on MedCity News.
The 2025 reconciliation law reduced federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $911 billion from 2025 through 2034, some of which stems from new restrictions on Medicaid state directed payments (SDPs) for hospital and other health care services. This issue brief describes SDPs and forthcoming policy changes stemming from the 2025 reconciliation law and the proposed…
French startup Naox Technologies this month became the first company to receive FDA 510(k) clearance for an in-ear EEG device. The system seeks to improve care for neurological conditions like epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and sleep disorders by capturing brain activity in everyday settings that traditional scalp-based EEGs often miss. The post French Startup Gains FDA Clearance…