This issue brief provides background on the GENEROUS model, examines the factors that will contribute to the model’s overall impact on Medicaid drug costs, and illustrates how savings will depend on model details that are confidential or uncertain at this time.
Christopher Stanley, M.D., M.B.A., serves as president of Populance, after serving as chief population health officer at Sutter Health in Northern California
Novartis’s Cosentyx failed to beat a placebo in a Phase 3 clinical trial in giant cell arteritis. The antibody drug was being developed as an alternative to Roche and AbbVie drugs whose approved uses include treating this autoimmune disorder affecting blood vessels. The post Blockbuster Novartis Drug Fails Key Test Hoped to Expand Its Use…
Si estás embarazada o acabas de ser madre y estás lidiando con depresión o ansiedad, puedes llamar o enviar un mensaje de texto a la Línea Nacional de Salud Mental Materna, disponible 24/7: 833-TLC-MAMA (833-852-6262). Postpartum Support International puede ayudarte a encontrar un proveedor local de salud mental en el 800-944-4773 o psidirectory.com. Antes de…
The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Healthcare leaders hope he addresses issues relating to health coverage, drug costs and more. The post Which Issues Do Healthcare Leaders Want RFK Jr. to Address? appeared first on MedCity News.
Alanys Ortiz entiende las señales de Josephine Senek antes de que ella pueda decir nada. Josephine, quien vive con una rara y debilitante condición genética, mueve los dedos cuando está cansada y muerde el aire cuando algo le duele. Josephine tiene 16 años y ha sido diagnosticada con mosaicismo de tetrasomía 8p, autismo severo, trastorno…
This brief analyzes the different types of coverage that people with Medicare have and the demographic characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with these different coverage types.
Corewell Health is seeing positive results from its partnership with Nudj Health, a startup that delivers virtual lifestyle medicine programs. More than 3,600 Corewell patients have enrolled in Nudj’s programs since 2023 — and their reported improvements include weight loss, reduced depression and anxiety levels, better cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and increased daily exercise minutes….
Bluestem Health, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured patients in Lincoln, Nebraska, has lost money for the last two years. And CEO Brad Meyer fears times will soon get worse for the clinic and its 21,000 patients. That’s because Nebraska is set to become the first state to require certain Medicaid enrollees to work…
Bekki Holzkamm ha estado tratando de contratar a un técnico de laboratorio para un hospital en una zona rural de North Dakota desde finales del verano. Ningún ciudadano estadounidense presentó una solicitud. West River Health Services, en Hettinger —un pueblo de unos 1.000 habitantes en el suroeste del estado— tiene cuatro opciones, y ninguna es…