Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay
Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from…
Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay
Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to the closest hospital, Platte Valley Hospital. A shaken Hughes was examined in the emergency room, where she was diagnosed with bruising,…
So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?
Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family’s health care might soon be upended. MU Health Care, where most of her family’s doctors work, was mired in a contract dispute with Wingler’s health insurer, Anthem. The existing contract was…
MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Chat With AWS Chief Medical Officer Rowland Illing
Dr. Rowland Illing explained how life science companies and health systems are leveraing AWS HealthLake to transform healthcare. The post MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Chat With AWS Chief Medical Officer Rowland Illing appeared first on MedCity News.
Médicos, callados mientras Florida busca terminar con décadas de mandatos de vacunación infantil
SARASOTA, Florida — Florida planea eliminar casi medio siglo de vacunas infantiles obligatorias contra enfermedades que han causado muertes y dejado secuelas en millones de niños. Muchos críticos, incluidos profesionales de salud, temen hablar públicamente en contra de esta decisión. Con el apoyo del gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis, Joseph Ladapo, cirujano general del estado, anunció…
How the Expiration of ACA Tax Credits Will Impact Commercial Insurance, Per a Cigna Exec
The expiration of ACA tax credits could drive up premiums across marketplace and commercial insurance plans, a Cigna executive warned. The post How the Expiration of ACA Tax Credits Will Impact Commercial Insurance, Per a Cigna Exec appeared first on MedCity News.
Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt
The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ credit reports. More than a dozen states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, New York, and most of New England, have enacted laws in recent…
GSK’s Respiratory Pipeline Adds an Early-Stage Drug Offering a Novel Approach to COPD
GSK paid $85 million up front for global rights to a small-interfering RNA therapy discovered and developed by startup Empirico. The pharmaceutical giant said this drug candidate could be used as a monotherapy and as part of drug combinations for treating COPD and other inflammatory respiratory diseases. The post GSK’s Respiratory Pipeline Adds an Early-Stage…
How Schools Have Responded to the Youth Fentanyl Crisis
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents more than doubled, primarily driven by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl.
Northern California Mental Health Services for Veterans: Cost-Effective Solutions
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8 Things to Watch for the 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period
The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment season begins November 1, and with it comes looming changes to the enhanced premium tax credits, increases in out-of-pocket premiums, and changes to Marketplace enrollment and eligibility rules. Here are eight things to know about the 2026 Open Enrollment period.
