Clinical-stage BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, whose financial backers include Cormorant Asset Management, is going public by merging with a Cormorant-sponsored SPAC. The combined company will continue developing drugs targeting various forms of mutated KRAS proteins that drive cancers. The post BridgeBio Oncology to Go Public in SPAC Deal Bringing $450M+ for Trio of Cancer Drugs appeared…
The future of telehealth is trust, combined with patient education. As the market matures, all parties — providers, regulators, and platforms — must collaborate to sustain that trust. The post Telehealth Fraud & Compliance: Preventing ‘Pill Mills’ While Ensuring Access to Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Virginia-based health system VHC Health teamed up with virtual physician practice HealthTap to expand access to on-demand care and keep patients within its care network. The collaboration aims to reduce care leakage while offering patients convenient, integrated virtual care backed by VHC’s in-person providers. The post VHC Health Turns to HealthTap to Curb Patient Leakage…
A Fortina Hernández la llaman “la que lo sabe todo”. Durante más de dos décadas, esta trabajadora de salud comunitaria ha ayudado a cientos de familias del sureste de Los Ángeles a inscribirse en programas de ayuda alimentaria, ha informado sobre seguros médicos asequibles y ha ayudado con medicamentos para sus afecciones crónicas. Su frase…
The new drug payment initiative is designed to negotiate fairer prices for Medicaid
Let’s look at some data on mean annual physician income in the U.S. compared to other countries: U.S.: $458,100Canada: $194,700Netherlands: $185,700Sweden: $115,200 Why are U.S. physician incomes so much higher than other developed countries? Is it a good idea to try to drive down physician incomes? An NBER working paper by Buehler et al. (2026)…
This brief examines recent state trends in Medicaid behavioral health coverage and payment and state coverage of select treatment models for people with serious mental illness—a population that has historically faced significant barriers to care. This includes details about coverage of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) (as a provider type), Assertive Community Treatment (ACT),…
This issue brief provides an overview of Executive Order (EO) 14224 designating English as the official language of the United States and its potential implications for multilingual resources, including data on the shares of individuals with LEP across different socioeconomic characteristics based on KFF analysis of 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) data.
World Sleep Day: Health Benefits & Tips for Better Sleep Table of Contents What is World Sleep Day? Have you ever stopped and thought about the role that sleep plays in your life? From the way you wake up in the morning to the way you perform at work, sleep is responsible for everything. Unfortunately,…
That is the title of a fantastic editorial from Olivença et al. (2024). A lot of people when they look at pharmaceutical prices think they are ‘too high’ or ‘too low’. But the question is, too high or too low relative to what? What are our goals in pharmaceutical pricing. The editorial clearly articulates the…