[Sponsored] In this episode, a pharmacy benefit management executive and a pharmacy startup talk about why benefit verification, prior authorizations, and patient affordability still break the workflow and how smart integrations, real-time eligibility, and intuitive design can reduce friction for all involved. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: Price Transparency is the New North in the…
Each year, the Indian Health Service rejects tens of thousands of requests to fund outside care that it doesn’t provide, forcing patients to go without treatment or pay big medical bills themselves. The IHS is supposed to provide free care to Native Americans, but it does so only at scattered clinics and hospitals the agency funds and then manages…
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
This volume analyzes findings from the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust, which show that just over half of adults say they use social media to find health information and advice, but less than half trust the health content they see across an array of social media sites and apps. It also…
Since his second term started, President Donald Trump has announced, negotiated, or floated a flurry of initiatives aimed at taming the excesses of the pharmaceutical industry. No surprise. About 60% of American adults are “worried about being able to afford prescription drug costs for themselves or their families,” a recent KFF nationwide poll showed. More…
More than 4,000 Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses and 450 home health workers launched Massachusetts’ largest-ever healthcare strike this week over stalled contract talks on wages and benefits. The strike quickly prompted Governor Maura Healey to step in and convene both sides at the State House, but it remains unclear whether a deal is near….
Mental health care provider SonderMind expanded its reach from 15 to all 50 states. The company’s platform combines therapy, psychiatry, and digital self-care tools. The post SonderMind Scales Its Mental Health Services Nationwide appeared first on MedCity News.
By GREGROY HOPSON T-Maître Pierre’s Family Restaurant was a Louisiana institution. The kind of place where generations gathered over steaming mountains of boiled crawfish, spicy corn, and seasoned potatoes. A place where Clifton Chenier’s Louisiana Blues & Zydeco played in the background and the waitstaff wore starched white shirts with bright-colored bow ties. The walls…
This brief provides the most recent data on the extent to which non-pediatric physicians are opting out of Medicare, by specialty and by state.
A growing body of evidence shows that structured lifestyle interventions such as physical activity, nutrition, and stress management aren’t just helpful; they also reduce cancer recurrence, improve quality of life, lower mortality, and even decrease healthcare costs. The post It’s Time to Make Lifestyle Interventions Standard in Oncology appeared first on MedCity News.