Former President Trump and Vice President Harris have taken widely different stances and approaches on recognizing and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. These differences can be seen across areas of health care, including health coverage, reproductive and maternal health, and immigrant health and well-being and are likely to have important implications for future efforts to…
China has become a key piece of Foresite Capital’s investment and company formation strategy. During the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Managing Director Michael Rome shared his thoughts on why biotech in China is booming as well as therapeutic areas where he sees promising science. The post VC Firm Foresite Capital Dishes on Biotech Innovation in…
How can physicians and patients be confident enough that vendors entirely ignorant of the FDA process for repair and reporting can properly recalibrate life-saving machines? Is this really the right place to argue that “anyone can do it?” The post Medical Device Right to Repair is the Wrong Approach appeared first on MedCity News.
Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration are taking aim at a $42 billion infrastructure program launched in 2021 to bring high-speed internet to all Americans. Republican critics say the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program from former President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law has been slow to get “shovels into the ground.” U.S. Commerce…
As poverty, food insecurity, inadequate housing, and complex comorbidities persist, it is essential that rural healthcare leaders have tools and systems in place to address the health of their neighbors. The post Rural Healthcare Goes Beyond Care: Targeting SDOH to Improve Health Outcomes appeared first on MedCity News.
During a panel discussion at the Behavioral Health Tech conference, experts shared the promise psychedelic medicines hold for mental health and why employers may want to consider offering them as a workplace benefit. The post 4 Things Employers Should Know About Psychedelic Medicines appeared first on MedCity News.
Payment models often require the same information, but have different definitions, exclusion criteria, and time frames, execs say
Program integrity efforts work to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse, to increase program transparency and accountability, and to recover improperly used funds. This brief explains what is known about improper payments and fraud and abuse in Medicaid and describes ongoing state and federal actions to address program integrity.
California’s new initiative to compel treatment for some of the state’s most severely mentally ill residents — many of whom are living on the streets — is falling short of its initial objectives. But with the program expanding from 11 counties to all 58 on Dec. 1, state officials are projecting confidence that they can…
Aeroflow Health has launched a new diabetes program that offers educational content on diabetes management, medical nutrition therapy and more. The post Aeroflow Health Unveils New Diabetes Management Program appeared first on MedCity News.