Aon: Employer Healthcare Costs to Increase in 2025
Aon Plc estimates U.S. employer healthcare costs to rise 9 percent in the coming year
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Report Finds Increased Patient Care Disruption from Cyberattacks
Ninety-two percent of organizations experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months, a report by Proofpoint and Ponemon Institute concludes
How to Boost Trust in Tech? 4 Perspectives from SXSW
Here are four perspectives from providers, patients, life science executives and healthcare technologists about ways to boost trust at a time of rapid AI deployments. The post How to Boost Trust in Tech? 4 Perspectives from SXSW appeared first on MedCity News.
J&J Backs Down From 340B Rebates, But Maintains They’re ‘Legally Permissible’ Per Statute
Johnson & Johnson stopped short of implementing its proposal to alter the way two drugs are paid for under the 340B drug discount program, but the drugmaker made it clear it still wants changes. In other recent regulatory news, we have drug approvals, clinical holds, and one product withdrawal. The post J&J Backs Down From…
Poison at Play: Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Half of New Orleans Playgrounds
NEW ORLEANS — Sarah Hess started taking her toddler, Josie, to Mickey Markey Playground in 2010 because she thought it would offer a refuge from lead. After a routine doctor visit revealed Josie had lead poisoning, Hess quickly traced the source to the crumbling paint in her family’s century-old home in the Bayou St. John…
Banks Are Becoming Bulwarks Against Scams for Vulnerable Seniors
The first call came just before Thanksgiving last year. She didn’t recognize the phone number, but she answered anyway. “The person said he was an officer of the Department of Criminal Investigations looking into drug trafficking and money laundering,” the woman recalled. He seemed to know a lot about her: the states where she and…
The Digital Health M&A Wave Is Finally Here
Digital health is entering a more mature phase in 2026 as consolidation accelerates through targeted M&A, driven by the need for scale, artificial intelligence and pressure from payers, investors say. The post The Digital Health M&A Wave Is Finally Here appeared first on MedCity News.
‘They Don’t Return Home’: Cities Across US Fail To Curb Traffic Deaths
LOS ANGELES — Kris Edwards waited at home with friends for his wife, Erika “Tilly” Edwards, to go out to dinner, but she never made it back to the house they had purchased only four days earlier. Around 9 p.m. on June 29, a hit-and-run driver killed Tilly as she walked to her car after…
Epic Alums Launching Behavioral Health EHR
ProsperityEHR execs discuss the acquisition that is serving as the foundation for their EHR startup in behavioral health
Medicare Mandates Cognitive Screening, But Do PCPs Have the Tools to Act Confidently?
The solution isn’t about creating more referral pathways, but about building the measurement infrastructure that enables excellent primary care providers to act confidently on their observations. The post Medicare Mandates Cognitive Screening, But Do PCPs Have the Tools to Act Confidently? appeared first on MedCity News.