This brief examines the main points raised in an HHS report reviewing evidence on gender affirming care concerning psychotherapy. It focuses on recommendations around “exploratory therapy,” which could include gender conversion practices, as well as the current legal and policy environment across the country regarding this practice.
Small businesses are struggling with rising costs and tariffs, but many are still looking to maintain or increase health coverage, according to a recent report from Chase. The post Report: Small Businesses Work to Balance Rising Costs and Health Coverage appeared first on MedCity News.
MedCity INVEST is a boutique healthcare investor conference scheduled for May 20-21 at the Willis Tower in Chicago. Register today! The post Time is Running Out to Join the Healthcare Innovation Conversation at INVEST 2025 appeared first on MedCity News.
By MIKE MAGEE “The recently announced limitation from the NIH on grants is an example that will significantly reduce essential funding for research at Emory.” Gregory L. Fenes, President, Emory University In 1900, the U.S. life expectancy was 47 years. Between maternal deaths in child birth and infectious disease, it is no wonder that…
Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills. Teresa Morton, 43, a freight dispatcher in Memphis, Tennessee, with two teenagers, wants to hear more about how elected officials would help working Americans saddled with unaffordable deductibles. Yessica Gray, 28, a…
LISTEN: KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan spoke with federal employees who say mass government layoffs are affecting their mental health. She appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” segment on April 2. Federal workers are feeling demoralized and anxious as the Department of Government Efficiency slashes tens of thousands of jobs. Federal employment used to carry…
Does Medicare Part B increase or decrease the prices of physician-administered drugs relative to physician-administered drugs covered by private insurance? That is the question a paper by Acquatella, Ericson and Starc (2023) aim to answer. Before we answer that question, we first need to understand how Part B works, how physicians are reimbursed, and how…
Pharmacies and wholesalers claimed Takeda Pharmaceutical delayed generic competition from entering the market, forcing them to overpay for a gastrointestinal drug. Takeda said the trial had “evidentiary and legal errors,” and the company will appeal the verdict. The post Takeda Vows Appeal of $885M Jury Verdict in ‘Pay-for-Delay’ Antitrust Case appeared first on MedCity News.
Ensuring buy-in from end users is critical to hospitals’ AI success. To achieve buy-in, hospitals should start by adopting AI tools that address the problems that physicians and nurses have identified as most important to them, said Rohit Chandra, chief digital officer at Cleveland Clinic. The post Cleveland Clinic Digital Chief: Pick AI Problems That…
For nearly three years, Eric Tennant endured chemotherapy infusions, rounds of radiation, biopsies, and hospitalizations that left him weak and depleted. “It’s good to be home,” he said after one hospital stay in early June, “yet I’m tired and ready to get on with things.” In 2023, Tennant, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was diagnosed with…