(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) A professional in-home caregiver lost her coverage for Zepbound. She soon realized getting it back was not straightforward. “I was like: ‘What am I going to do? Hopefully I can just continue keeping this weight off.’” — Deborah Finley, 50, of Lodi, California Deborah Finley, 50, of Lodi, California, said her…
Casi un año después que la administración Biden diera luz verde a Florida para convertirse en el primer estado en importar medicamentos recetados más baratos de Canadá —un objetivo de muchos políticos de todas las tendencias, incluido el presidente electo Donald Trump— el programa aún no ha comenzado. El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, celebró…
In 2023, the digital transformation company launched a similar collaborative around generative AI that involves 20 health systems
When a water main broke at 5 a.m. and released over 1,000,000 gallons of water, flooding multiple hospital buildings, Crothall’s dedicated EVS team jumped into action. The flooding occurred at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh on Dec. 4, 2024 But thanks to 12 Crothall EVS floor technicians, the hospital continued to operate as usual, only…
That is the title of my paper out today in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research written with co-authors Adam Kittai, Dipen Patel, Nadine Zawadzki, Vikram Shetty, Yazan Barqawi, and Joanna Rhodes. The abstract is below. Aim: To estimate cost savings associated with covalent Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor (cBTKi) choice in patients with treatment-naive (TN) and…
Today’s patients are used to the seamless and transparent payment processes in retail services. It’s no surprise that they expect the same convenience with paying for healthcare. According to Experian Health’s State of Patient Access 2024 report, 96% emphasized that it is crucial they receive an accurate estimate of treatment costs before service. In fact,…
Peter Stetson is the CMIO of Tiger Connect. It’s now calling itself an AI platform to connect people, especially workflows between doctors, nurses, EMTs and devices. Until recently he was CMIO at Memorial Sloan Kettering, so I asked him about what the real problems in communications were. He believes it’s all about routing the calls…
Novartis’s Fabhalta is the first FDA-approved therapy for C3 glomerulopathy. But Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Empaveli has superior clinical data, and that drug has been submitted for FDA review in the same rare kidney disease as well as another one that does not yet have an approved therapy. The post Novartis Nabs First FDA Nod in Rare…
Town Hall Ventures launched its fourth fund, targeting $440 million to back startups using AI to improve healthcare access and outcomes for underserved populations. The post Inside Town Hall Ventures’ New $440M Fund appeared first on MedCity News.
A judge recently blocked an Arkansas law that would have banned PBMs from owning and operating pharmacies in the state. Although the state plans to appeal, one expert says the law likely has no future. The post Will the Arkansas PBM Law Survive A Judge’s Rejection? appeared first on MedCity News.