Winona Launches Menopause Research Initiative
Winona launched a new research initiative to fund and support menopause and women’s health research. The post Winona Launches Menopause Research Initiative appeared first on MedCity News.
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How Health System Leaders Are Responding to Medicare Advantage Pressures
Consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal’s Travis Sherman describes how five structural pressures are reshaping MA participation
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Ousted CDC Officials Clap Back at RFK Jr.
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
Nearly Four Million Medicare Beneficiaries Could Be Eligible for the Temporary Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program Covering These Drugs for Weight Loss
This news release highlights that a KFF analysis finds that 3.8 million Medicare beneficiaries met the criteria to be eligible for the new Medicare GLP-1 Bridge, based on claims data from 2023. The temporary program will provide coverage of three GLP-1 drugs used for weight reduction and weight management to eligible Medicare beneficiaries.
A Runner Was Hit by a Car, Then by a Surprise Ambulance Bill
Jagdish Whitten was on a run in July 2023 when a car hit him as he crossed a busy San Francisco street. Whitten, then 25, described doing “a little flip” over the vehicle and landing in the street before getting himself to the curb. Concerned onlookers called an ambulance. But Whitten instead had friends pick…
Healthcare’s AI Illusion: Why Integration, Not Algorithms, Will Define the Next Decade
Healthcare’s next transformation will not come from algorithms that try to replace doctors but from infrastructure that connects their tools. The post Healthcare’s AI Illusion: Why Integration, Not Algorithms, Will Define the Next Decade appeared first on MedCity News.
Novo Nordisk Adds to Manufacturing Capacity, Pumping Billions Into New Rare Disease Site
Novo Nordisk’s new Denmark site will produce drugs for rare diseases, such as hemophilias. Separately, the pharma giant said all regulatory conditions have been met for Novo Holdings’ acquisition of Catalent, which will bring to Novo Nordisk three manufacturing sites for GLP-1 medications. The post Novo Nordisk Adds to Manufacturing Capacity, Pumping Billions Into New…
Kennedy’s Vaccine Advisers Sow Doubts as Scientists Protest US Pivot on Shots
As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked to replace experts he’d fired earlier met inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters to plan a more skeptical vaccine future. The new members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices began their…
FTC, Indiana Residents Pressure State To Block Hospital Merger
Indiana residents and federal officials are urging state health regulators to stop two rival hospitals in Terre Haute from merging. The deal, if approved, would leave residents with a hospital monopoly. Union Health, a nonprofit whose main hospital is licensed as a 341-bed facility, would buy the county’s only other acute care hospital, the 278-bed…
Hinge Health Launches MSK Collaboration with Cigna Healthcare
Cigna’s self-insured clients now have the option to offer the Hinge Health platform to its employees. Through the platform, patients gain virtual access to physical therapists, health coaches, real-time guidance and a wearable pain relief device. The post Hinge Health Launches MSK Collaboration with Cigna Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.