New research from the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute finds that higher enrollment in Medicare Advantage may be linked to lower overall Medicare spending. The post Report: Growth in MA Is Associated With Lower Total Medicare Spending appeared first on MedCity News.
The proposed regulations extend electronic prior authorization requirements to medications
Revolutions Medicines’ daraxonrasib met the main goals of its Phase 3 test in pancreatic cancer, posting results that were both statistically significant and clinically meaningful. The company now plans to file for speedy regulatory approval under a new FDA pilot program. The post Revolution Medicines Reports ‘Unprecedented’ Survival in Pivotal Pancreatic Cancer Trial appeared first…
While many AI conversations revolve around regulated industry transformation, the question is where to actually start in a way that does not break trust, budgets or regulatory limits. The post The AI Value Gap and Why Validation is a Practical First Win for Life Sciences appeared first on MedCity News.
Melinda Davis, Ph.D., leads Oregon Rural Practice-Based Research Network’s interventions to improve health equity in rural and low-resourced settings
The patient’s voice should be an entry point and not a barrier to better compliance and health outcomes. A nurse practitioner outlines a protocol for a frank exam-room exchange that sustains cultural humility. The post Trust Before Triage: Why I Let the Patient Help Write the Agenda appeared first on MedCity News.
North America’s largest coke plant hugs the west bank of Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River, belching out emissions from turning superheated coal into a carbon-rich fuel. Researchers say the children at Clairton Elementary School about a mile away pay the price. They discovered the students there and at other elementary schools near major pollution sites in Pennsylvania…
An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear about what it would mean for her family’s finances. “Once I got the insurance card, I compared our old plan to our new plan, and that’s when I really got worried, because I didn’t really understand what a deductible…
By MATTHEW HOLT This is a very brief review of Rock Health founder Halle Tecco’s Massively Better Healthcare. Halle is trying to do something quite complicated in this book. It’s really a three-part attempt to help somebody who is relatively new to health care entrepreneurship understand what the hell they are getting into. The first…
President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget proposes deep healthcare cuts, raising concerns about harm to patients and research. The post ‘A Significant Assault on Our Health’: Healthcare Policy Leaders Condemn Trump’s Budget Proposal appeared first on MedCity News.