“A lot of times, health care comes with a job.” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), in an interview with KOTA on May 30, 2025 Millions of people are expected to lose access to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans if federal lawmakers approve the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump’s domestic…
Drug spending continues to grow, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is getting the medicines that they need. A panel at MedCity News’ Bullseye event discussed the evolution of the prescription drug marketplace. The post A Prescription for Drug Costs: Inject Transparency and Improve Accessibility appeared first on MedCity News.
Microsoft launched Copilot Health, an AI model that pulls together users’ medical records, wearable data and trusted health information. The move comes amid a wave of other tech companies announcing healthcare-focused large language models for consumers, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Amazon. The post Microsoft Enters Healthcare Chatbot Race with Copilot Health appeared first on MedCity…
Medicaid is probably the most innovative program in healthcare today. Its flexibility, adaptability, and focus on whole-person care have made it a leader in addressing the complex needs of vulnerable populations, and it offers useful examples of how to embrace true risk-based, value-based reimbursement. The post If We Want a More Innovative Healthcare System, Look…
In this “How Would You Fix It?” interview, Julie Rovner, KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent and host of the What the Health? podcast, sat down with Elizabeth Mitchell, the president and CEO of the Purchaser Business Group on Health, which represents many large employers and other institutional buyers of healthcare coverage. Mitchell noted that…
L.A. County’s Shayan Rab, M.D., describes how street psychiatry has been integrated with specialty field-based mental health services and acute care settings
Health Wildcatters, a Dallas accelerator and INVEST Digital Health partner, has announced the healthcare startups in its latest cohort. Join us at INVEST DIgital Health on October 29 and meet them in person! The post At INVEST Digital Health, Health Wildcatters Will Highlight Latest Cohort of Startups appeared first on MedCity News.
During HLTH 2024, Blue Shield of California and Salesforce announced a partnership that will streamline the prior authorization process. The post Blue Shield of California, Salesforce Partner to Modernize Prior Authorization appeared first on MedCity News.
Sionna Therapeutics found strong investor interest in its cystic fibrosis drugs, which could rival blockbuster Vertex Pharmaceuticals product Trikafta. The biotech has three internally developed programs that hit a target unaddressed by any currently available CF therapies. The post Vertex Pharma Challenger Sionna Secures $191M in IPO Cash for Cystic Fibrosis Pipeline appeared first on…
Aktis Oncology’s IPO will support a pipeline of “miniprotein” radioconjugates that could offer advantages over other targeted radiation cancer treatments. In addition to its internal pipeline, Aktis has a discovery partnership with Eli Lilly. The post Aktis Has First Biotech IPO of 2026, Raising $318M to Expand the Reach of Radiopharmaceuticals appeared first on MedCity…