Durante la presidencia de Joe Biden, la inscripción en Medicaid alcanzó un nivel récord y la tasa de personas sin seguro médico llegó a su nivel histórico más bajo. Pero se espera que el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca, junto con un Senado y una Cámara de Representantes controlados por republicanos, cambie…
THCB Gang is coming back! (I know you’ve all missed it) and we are starting with a bang. I’ll be meeting with six powerhouse women leaders in health care who’ve just issued a public statement signed by another 500+ women leaders in support of the Harris/Walz campaign. On the Gang today are Missy Krasner, digital…
KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new “Make America Healthy Again” strategy for children’s health on CBS News’ “CBS Morning News” on Sept. 10. Click here to watch Pradhan on “CBS Morning News.” KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Kennedy’s pseudoscientific approach…
There are four primary types of uncertainty in health economic modelling: Heterogeneity: Variation between individuals that can be explained by their characteristicsStochastic uncertainty: Variation between individuals that cannot be explained by their characteristics, Parameter uncertainty: Uncertainty in the estimated values for the parameters that define the modelStructural uncertainty: Uncertainty in model outcomes that arise from…
Not really. At least according a study by Wilson et al. 2025 in Science. In 11 studies, we found that participants typically did not enjoy spending 6 to 15 minutes in a room by themselves with nothing to do but think, that they enjoyed doing mundane external activities much more, and that many preferred to…
A new report by Fortified Health Security highlights a significant shift in healthcare cybersecurity, with increased frequency of smaller breaches
Sarah Emond on Prescription for Better Access. “Nothing will have more impact on workers’ comp than significant cuts to Medicaid.”“So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.”SLR: Palliative care effectiveness/cost effectivenessNBER: Economics of Artificial Intelligence
As AI has evolved to be more accurate and reliable, it’s become suitable for high-stakes use cases including automating health insurance verification. The post The Patient Intake Revolution – How AI Is Eliminating Intake Busywork and Reducing Insurance Denials appeared first on MedCity News.
ISPOR recently released their award winners from their 2025 conference this May. Winners are listed below. I’m excited to announce that my podium presentation “Quantifying Treatment Value Using Alternative Health Benefit Metrics: A Case Study of Adjuvant Osimertinib for Elderly Patients with EGFR mutated NSCLC Following Resection” received an award for the Best General Podium…
Pharvaris’s deucrictibant met the main and secondary goals of its Phase 3 test as an on-demand treatment for swelling attacks caused by the rare disease hereditary angioedema. Pharvaris’s capsule could compete against Kalvista Pharmaceuticals’ Ekterly, an HAE pill approved by the FDA over the summer. The post Pharvaris Drug for Rare Swelling Disease Meets Phase…