Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions of people would lose health coverage and hospitals would close if they cut Medicaid funding to help pay for President Donald Trump’s big tax and spending bill. But Republicans ignored those pleas, made even deeper cuts, and sent the legislation…
September 8-14 is Environmental Services Week, a week where we recognize and celebrate all our EVS professionals. We aim to foster a culture of appreciation for all the hardworking people that support Crothall Healthcare’s operations. This week, however, we are shining a spotlight on our EVS team members at facilities across the nation—their hard work…
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) increased their required premerger reporting requirements for any healthcare providers such as hospitals. Healthcare Dive reports: Thursday’s update marks the first time the FTC has revised its Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification form in nearly 50 years.The law is intended to alert officials of companies’ intent to merge and…
Pyx Health’s new condition management program will support people with conditions like diabetes, hypertension and pregnancy. The post Social Health Platform Pyx Health Unveils Condition Management Program appeared first on MedCity News.
Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) are commonly used to evaluate the impact of new medical technologies on patient mortality and morbidity. However, use of QALYs Many authors have discussed the fact that standard assumptions result in utility functions that are unrealistically linear and separable, overlooking the diminishing marginal utility a fundamental property of utility functions in…
Outcomes are no longer a nice-to-have or a post-hoc justification for care provided. They are a central currency of care in a system that’s shifting faster than ever toward accountability. The post For Rehab Providers Outcomes Are the Strategy: Not Just the Scorecard appeared first on MedCity News.
Antares Therapeutics spun off of Scorpion Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech that Eli Lilly acquired earlier this year. Like Scorpion, Antares is developing small molecules that go after undruggable targets in cancer. The post Cancer Drug Startup Antares Unveils $177M to Pick Up Where Scorpion Therapeutics Left Off appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] In a webinar sponsored by fintech business Mercury, investors from Breyer Capital and MBX Capital shared their startup trend perspectives on AI, valuation, and alternative funding. The post Investors Share How Early Stage Healthcare and Life Science Startups Can Make the Most of New Opportunities appeared first on MedCity News.
ATLANTA — Latonia Wilkins knows she needs to be on PrEP due to her non-monogamous lifestyle. But the 52-year-old Atlanta mother has faced repeated challenges getting the lifesaving drug that can prevent new HIV infections. Years ago, Wilkins was dating a man newly diagnosed with HIV and went to get tested, she said, but was…
This budget summary provides an analysis of global health funding amounts provided in the House FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) appropriations bill and accompanying report.