HELENA, Mont. — When Lou and Lindsay Volpe’s son was diagnosed with a chronic bowel disease at age 11, their health insurer required constant preapproval of drugs and treatments — a process the Volpes say often delayed critical care for their son. “You subscribe to your insurance policy, you pay into that for years and…
Performing well in controlled settings is only part of the picture, the harder question is whether AI is being integrated into clinical workflows in ways that keep responsibility, authority, and accountability properly aligned. The post Healthcare and AI are in Need of Relationship Counseling appeared first on MedCity News.
When home dialysis is done right, care partners quickly discover they are becoming an integral part of the process as engaged, informed participants rather than uninformed outside observers. By knowing more, care partners can worry a lot less. The post When Dialysis Comes Home, Patients and Care Partners Flourish appeared first on MedCity News.
Just as health plans have learned to identify and intervene early with chronic conditions like diabetes or heart disease, they can and should do the same for housing and other health-related social needs. The post Housing is the Next Frontier in Proactive Care. Here’s How Health Plans Can Help appeared first on MedCity News.
Metabolic psychiatry has moved past being a fringe theory. It is a practical, evidence-based necessity for a field that has been stagnant for too long. The post Why Psychiatry Can’t Ignore Metabolic Health Anymore appeared first on MedCity News.
Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration is claiming wins in reducing the problem while simultaneously saying more controls are needed. It has proposed a sweeping set of ACA regulations for next year, including stepped-up requirements for some applicants to…
Kailera Therapeutics’ planned IPO will fund ongoing clinical development of a pipeline led by a drug that could rival Eli Lilly’s Zepbound in both efficacy and tolerability. Meanwhile, Renaissance Capital’s recap of first quarter 2026 IPOs shows slowing activity amid market turbulence from tariffs and war. The post Kailera Plans IPO for Obesity Drug That…
Un brote de sarampión está diseminándose en un condado de Texas que tiene tasas de vacunación peligrosamente bajas. A fines de enero, dos niños escolares del condado de Gaines fueron internados con sarampión. Ya que se estima que 1 de cada 5 personas con la enfermedad termina en el hospital, los dos casos sugirieron un…
Spending cuts, immigration, and Medicaid are at the top of the Washington agenda. That climate provides fertile ground for misinformation and myths to multiply on social networks. Some of the most common are those surrounding immigrants, Latinos, and Medicaid. These claims include assertions that Latinos who use Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people and…
This policy watch examines state-by-state school vaccine requirements and exemptions, including recent policy changes to them and the extent to which they may affect vaccination rates.