Contraline raised $92.5 million in new funding to advance its two male contraceptive candidates, including a once-daily topical gel and an implantable option. The post Contraline Secures $92.5M to Push Its Male Birth Control Candidates Forward appeared first on MedCity News.
As the current federal administration rounded up an increasing number of immigrants, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding more than 75,000 in mid-January alone, we heard scattered, localized complaints from detainees alleging medical neglect. We wondered about the extent of the problems and whether the agency and its contractors were keeping pace with detainees’…
By MIKE MAGEE In a 1996 JAMA editorial Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg MD wrote “Our fight with microbes is far from over …odds are tipped in their favor…they outnumber us a billion fold, and mutate a billion times more quickly…pitted against microbial genes, we humans mainly have our wits.” Now three decades later, our scientists…
In one example, Great Plains Health Alliance and Pioneer Health Network will deploy Avel eCare telemedicine services to 31 rural Kansas hospitals
Lisa Mazur, J.D., head of strategy for law firm McDermott Will & Schulte’s healthcare practice, discusses developments around chatbots, algorithmic fairness, and prior authorization
The healthcare ecosystem is fixing how quickly decisions get made, without fixing how quickly money actually moves. This isn’t a failure of reform. It’s evidence that reform is working — and revealing where modernization needs to continue. The post The 72-Hour Hurdle: Faster Prior Authorization is Exposing Healthcare’s Broken Billing Cycle appeared first on MedCity…
The problem isn’t that CQI no longer matters. It’s that traditional approaches were never built for the scale and complexity many agencies are now dealing with. The post Why Traditional CQI Breaks Down as EMS Agencies Grow appeared first on MedCity News.
The challenge isn’t just access to fertility benefits, it’s how those benefits are structured and delivered. Here are three emerging themes that can help employers better align cost, quality and experience. The post The Smart Way to Build the Future of Fertility Benefits appeared first on MedCity News.
The positive ripple effect of high specimen sensitivity influences the clarity of diagnoses, the timing of treatment and the efficiency of care delivery across systems, while also protecting communities from further disease spread for stronger outbreak control. The post Shifting Our Focus to Sample Sensitivity: The Metric That Deserves More Attention in Respiratory Care appeared…
More than half (55%) of eligible Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage in 2026. To better understand trends in the growth of the Medicare Advantage program, this brief provides current information about enrollment, including by plan type and firm