Outpatient facilities and microhospitals improve care access, but as patients receive care across more places, data becomes more fragmented, requiring an adapted approach to non-interventional research The post Bridging Healthcare’s Data Gaps as Care Expands Beyond Traditional Settings appeared first on MedCity News.
About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers ended a four-week strike after reaching a tentative agreement that includes measures to address chronic understaffing and wage increases. The full contract has not yet been ratified. The post After 4-Week Strike, Kaiser Permanente Workers Score Tentative Win on Staffing & Pay appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] Make Biotech Showcase your homebase during the busiest week in healthcare. The event convenes 3,200 life science leaders, including 1,200+ investors and over 340 presenting companies, for three days of breakthrough innovation, investment opportunities and strategic collaborations. The post Biotech Showcase™: Where Innovation Meets Investment and Partnerships appeared first on MedCity News.
Recommendations include real-time data sharing to give VA greater awareness of potential problems in system operations and prioritizing major performance incident response in a clear and consistent manner
VP Harris appeared on ABC’s “The View” to outline the campaign’s new proposal for home healthcare
To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs. The post Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value appeared first on…
KFF found that ACA Marketplace insurers are proposing a median 14% premium increase for 2027, driven by rising healthcare costs and the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits. The post ACA Marketplace Insurers Propose 14% Median Premium Increase in 2027 appeared first on MedCity News.
Paul Markovich, president and CEO of Ascendiun, shared his ideas for bringing down healthcare costs, including digital health records and changing how healthcare is paid for. The post Paul Markovich’s 4 Ideas to Reduce Healthcare Costs appeared first on MedCity News.
While AI makes VC faster, it’s not necessarily wiser. In healthcare, where breakthroughs rarely resemble anything the market has seen before, that distinction is everything. The post The AI Funding Divide: Why VCs Will Miss the Next Healthcare Category Kings (And Where CEOs Should Look Instead) appeared first on MedCity News.
When drug prices are too high for patients, physicians take on additional workload to find solutions. A newly released 2026 Physician Drug Cost Survey by RazorMetrics examined how prescription cost pressures affect physicians’ practices. The post Report: High Drug Costs Are Creating Hidden Burden for Physicians appeared first on MedCity News.