While hot-button health care issues such as abortion and the Affordable Care Act roil the presidential race, Democrats and Republicans in statehouses around the country have been quietly working together to tackle the nation’s medical debt crisis. New laws to curb aggressive hospital billing, to expand charity care for lower-income patients, and to rein in…
Women’s cardiovascular risk factors often don’t get the attention they merit until it’s too late. Systole Health CEO and Co-founder talked about how the company addresses this challenge. The post A Startup Provides Physician-led Virtual Visits for Women at Risk for Heart Disease appeared first on MedCity News.
At the Behavioral Health Tech conference, panelists said employers often rush to adopt digital mental health tools without tailoring them to employee needs or effectively promoting their use. The post What Are the Biggest Mistakes Employers Make When Introducing Digital Mental Health Solutions? appeared first on MedCity News.
This volume explores false claims suggesting abortions occur after birth, misleading narratives around the safety abortion pills, like mifepristone, and other tactics used to distort the safety of abortions. It also explores research on the acceptance of health misinformation and the proliferation of AI-generated fake news sites.
ICHRA is surging in popularity as an option for employer-sponsored insurance to access the individual market, as employers rethink traditional group plans with unpredictable renewal rates and employees seek personalized healthcare. Here’s a closer look at why investors and politicians are eyeing ICHRA. The post The ICHRA Moment Is Here — Are You Ready for It?…
As commercialization increasingly reflects direct engagement dynamics, differentiation depends less on the volume of data controlled and more on the speed at which systems incorporate feedback. The post From Data Ownership to Learning Velocity in Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
That is the title of an interesting panel from USC Schaeffer Center on Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). It includes an interview with Tamara Syrek Jensen, Director, of the Coverage & Analysis Group within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. After the interview, there is a panel discussion with Darius Lakdawalla of USC, Peter…
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents more than doubled, primarily driven by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl.
The Federal Trade Commission has sued CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, alleging that they engage in “anticompetitive and unfair rebating practices” as it relates to insulin. One legal expert believes the FTC might win this legal battle. The post The FTC Is Suing PBMs Over Insulin Prices. Will It Be Successful? appeared first…
Despite the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHR) over the last couple of decades, essential patient information often gets trapped within the walls of individual hospital systems. Here’s a potential solution. The post Designing a National-Scale FHIR API Ecosystem Using Apigee: Architecture Patterns for Secure Healthcare Interoperability appeared first on MedCity News.