This issue brief discusses key changes to immigration policies that may take place under the second Trump administration based on his previous record and campaign statements, and their implications.
Outdated scheduling systems, endless phone calls and clunky user digital interfaces cause friction – for both patients and staff. The result? Frustrated patients, no-shows, unused appointment time slots and a hit to bottom lines. Patients want to see their provider quickly, and they don’t want to jump through hoops to make an appointment. Online patient…
Cedars-Sinai and Redesign Health launched a new innovation center seeking to build digital health startups from the ground up. These startups will focus on four main areas: care access, personalized medicine, provider workflows and care coordination. The post Cedars-Sinai, Redesign Health Launch New Digital Health Startup Builder appeared first on MedCity News.
Switching to a new transportation management vendor can bring much-needed relief to member populations and plan staff managing the programs. Here are few tips to help make the transition easier. The post Three Critical Steps to Ensure Health Plans’ Smooth Transition of Transportation Management Services appeared first on MedCity News.
With Millie’s new perimenopause and menopause offerings, patients receive treatments like hormone therapy, non-hormonal medications, vaginal treatments and lifestyle strategies for symptom relief. The post Millie Introduces Perimenopause and Menopause Program appeared first on MedCity News.
That is the title of my new publication out today with the subtitle “A case study of rifaximin for the treatment of overt hepatic encephalopathy using QALY and non-QALY measures“. This was work with co-authors Shanshan Wang, Leonardo Passos Chaves, Olamide Olujohungbe, Sanjana Muthukrishnan, and Aditi Chaudhary. The abstract is below. BackgroundTraditional cost effectiveness analyses…
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently released a new strategy to “Make America Healthy Again.” The strategy includes: Promoting evidence-based preventionEmpowering people to achieve their health goalsDriving choice and competition for people A Health Affairs Forefront article from Joshua M. Liao notes three broad goals: increasing patient engagement, better leveraging data and…
We need to continue investing in research for early stage, localized prostate cancer, develop treatments that balance efficacy with quality-of-life considerations, ensure diverse representation in clinical trials, and listen to patients and incorporate their perspectives into treatment development and decision-making. The post Prostate Cancer Management – We Need Better Options for Early-Stage Disease appeared first…
A little-known federal agency that sends more than $12 billion annually to support community health centers, addiction treatment services, and workforce initiatives for America’s neediest people has been hobbled by the Trump administration’s staffing purges. The cuts are “just a little astonishing,” said Carole Johnson, who previously led the Health Resources and Services Administration. She…
That is the title of a paper by Arnold and Priestley (2025). They examine whether gun purchase wait periods impact suicide rates using both variation in gun laws by state over time as well as variation in a county’s distance to the nearest state without a waiting period. First, some background on US gun purchase…