StartUPDATES: New Developments for Healthcare Startups
Check out news from Oral Genome, Carrot Fertility, Thatch, and The Perryman Group. The post StartUPDATES: New Developments for Healthcare Startups appeared first on MedCity News.
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Boom, Now Bust: Budget Cuts and Layoffs Take Hold in Public Health
Local health department staffing grew by about 19% from 2019 to 2022, according to a report from the National Association of County and City Health Officials that studied 2,512 of the nation’s roughly 3,300 local departments. But those jobs, and the safety net they provide for the people in the communities served, are vulnerable as…
Full FDA Approval of Travere’s Kidney Drug Stiffens Competition With Novartis, Calliditas
The FDA decision for Travere Therapeutics’ Filspari also expands its addressable patient population. The full approval comes nearly a year after the Travere drug narrowly missed the main goal of its confirmatory study. The post Full FDA Approval of Travere’s Kidney Drug Stiffens Competition With Novartis, Calliditas appeared first on MedCity News.
Mayo Clinic Taps AI Startup to Improve MSK Care
Mayo Clinic recently launched a collaboration with Exer AI, a Denver-based startup. The AI company seeks to improve diagnosis and treatment for musculoskeletal and motion disorders wherever the patient is — whether that be in their provider’s office, their home or via telehealth appointment. The post Mayo Clinic Taps AI Startup to Improve MSK Care…
Aon: Employer Healthcare Costs to Increase in 2025
Aon Plc estimates U.S. employer healthcare costs to rise 9 percent in the coming year
How Many Adults with Private Health Insurance Could Use GLP-1 Drugs
More than two in five (42%) or 57.4 million adults under 65 with private insurance could be eligible under clinical criteria for GLP-1 drugs used to treat people with type 2 diabetes, obesity, or excess weight and weight-related health issues, according to a new KFF analysis. Though only about 3% of adults with employer coverage…More
Can AI Help Fix Our Demographic Time Bomb?
By 2030, the U.S. expects shortages of 200,000 nurses and 124,000 physicians snd similar shortages are already being felt in the U.K. and elsewhere. Here’s how to build and train a modern healthcare workforce in the age of AI The post Can AI Help Fix Our Demographic Time Bomb? appeared first on MedCity News.
What the Outcome of the Election Could Mean for Medicaid
This brief examines the two presidential candidates’ records and other recent policy proposals that could inform starkly different directions for the program across key areas, including Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion, financing, eligibility, benefits, and cost-sharing, prescription drugs, long-term services and supports, and managed care.
Medicaid Waiver Priorities Under the Trump and Biden-Harris Administrations
Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers offer states an avenue to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from what is required by federal statute, so long as the approach is likely to “promote the objectives of the Medicaid program.” As with broader Medicaid policy, the future landscape of Section 1115 waivers depends on the outcome…