Healthcare advocates warn that a new CMS rule on Medicaid work requirement exemptions could increase red tape and cause eligible people to lose coverage. The post Will CMS’ Last-Minute Medicaid Work Requirement Changes Cause More Harm? appeared first on MedCity News.
The adversaries targeting critical infrastructure today are not always chasing a ransom. Sometimes, they are chasing chaos. That distinction matters, and most healthcare organizations are not yet prepared for it. The post When Geopolitics Becomes a Patient Safety Issue: Protecting Healthcare in an Era of Targeted Cyberattacks appeared first on MedCity News.
Improving maternal safety will not come from adding more data or more devices. It will come from building systems that help clinicians recognize risk earlier and communicate and act with confidence in the moment. The post It’s Time for Technology to Lift Maternal Care appeared first on MedCity News.
If hospitals are going to stay ahead, revenue cycle leaders must shift from reaction to strategy. Here are some key areas of focus. The post When AI Becomes a Payer Advantage, Hospitals Cannot Afford to Stay Reactive appeared first on MedCity News.
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a recent study that suggests ultraprocessed foods are linked to increased dementia risk on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on June 3. Gounder also discussed the Ebola outbreak in central Africa and the impact of U.S. health funding cuts on CBS News’ CBS Mornings…
Winona launched a new research initiative to fund and support menopause and women’s health research. The post Winona Launches Menopause Research Initiative appeared first on MedCity News.
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