The best “gift” for a person with chronic conditions is the emotional support and education needed to stay adherent to medications during the hectic holiday season. The post Health for the Holidays: 3 Strategies for Empowering Medication Adherence appeared first on MedCity News.
By DAVID SHAYWITZ Our current system of delivering care is awful from the perspective of seemingly every stakeholder. It frustrates, enrages, saddens, and depletes patients and physicians alike. No one designed it this way. It evolved through a series of choices and contingencies that perhaps made sense at the time but now seem to have…
Just as Google and Amazon expanded far beyond their initial offerings, successful healthcare AI companies must evolve into comprehensive platforms that address both clinical and operational challenges. The post Beyond Documentation: Building Platform Moats in Healthcare AI appeared first on MedCity News.
CMS will expand its ACCESS model starting in spring 2027 to cover heart failure, COPD, substance use disorders and tobacco cessation. The outcomes-based payment model, which launched in July with 160 participating providers, will now make roughly three in four Medicare beneficiaries eligible for at least one track. The post CMS Broadens ACCESS Model to…
Former EVS Director Nicholas Sheets says Sonia Benitez simply embodies the best of EVS. As proof, here is a story he says he will never forget: “As a new director at the California Rehabilitation Institute in 2023, it took time to get acclimated to the culture and the hospital’s high standards. One day, Sonia knocked…
On October 8, 2024, Vice President Harris has proposed to expand Medicare to provide home care to help families who are struggling with the costs of long-term care. If enacted, this would be the first major expansion of Medicare since the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 that added a prescription drug benefit to the program.
Samantha Smith, de Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, entró al quirófano para la extracción de emergencia de un embarazo ectópico. “Estoy agradecida de no haber muerto”, dijo, pero se sorprendió al ver que la cirugía ambulatoria fue facturada a su aseguradora por unos $100.000. Jamie Estrada, de Albuquerque, Nuevo México, recibió en dos ocasiones inyecciones de lidocaína en…
As breast cancer treatment continues to improve, our focus must expand beyond survival to encompass the quality of life during and after treatment. The post The Silent Threat — Why Early Lymphedema Detection Matters for Breast Cancer Survivors appeared first on MedCity News.
Messenger RNA technology offers a faster way to develop vaccines to address or prepare for pandemics, and Moderna’s vaccine candidate for avian influenza is on track for Phase 3 testing. But the Department of Health and Human Services has canceled a $590 million contract to support Moderna’s pivotal trial. The post Bird Flu Threat Still…
KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed concerns about health care costs following the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits on CBS News’ CBS News 24/7 on Feb. 5. Rayasam also discussed rising health insurance costs on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on Jan. 30. Click here to watch Rayasam on CBS…