Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs
May has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry….
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs
May has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Abridge, Highmark Health and Merck named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Innovaccer, Intermountain Health and Novartis. The post Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs appeared first on MedCity News.
Pfizer’s $10.5B Deal With One of China’s Top Cancer Biotechs Is Another Sign the Game is Changing
Pfizer unveiled a multi-drug R&D collaboration with Innovent Biologics, making it the latest big pharma company to reach a deal that taps into Chinese labs to source biotech innovation. This alliance will focus on developing next-generation drugs in the class of targeted cancer therapies called antibody drug conjugates. The post Pfizer’s $10.5B Deal With One…
Garner Health Secures $100M to Connect Patients with High-Performing Doctors
Garner’s Series E round was led by Index Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint, Thrive, Sequoia, Founders Fund and Kaiser Permanente Ventures. The post Garner Health Secures $100M to Connect Patients with High-Performing Doctors appeared first on MedCity News.
Budget-Strapped Montana Will Stress-Test Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules
Montana will soon test whether cash-strapped and strained state health departments can carry out federal Medicaid work requirements without ending coverage for eligible adults. On July 1, Montana plans to become the second state after Nebraska to make Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working to keep their coverage. That’s six months ahead of the federal deadline for states to implement Medicaid work rules for…
A Closer Look at North Carolina’s Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Provisions and Other Changes Amid Medicaid Budget Shortfalls
This policy watch provides initial insight into how North Carolina is preparing to implement certain Medicaid provisions of the 2025 reconciliation law and how other policy changes may affect coverage and access to care.
The EHR Was Built to Store Data — It Wasn’t Built to Orchestrate Care
The next evolution in digital health is layering intelligent orchestration on top of the EHR to activate care in real time. It’s a platform plus orchestration layer, powered by AI and designed for action. The post The EHR Was Built to Store Data — It Wasn’t Built to Orchestrate Care appeared first on MedCity News.
The Illusion of Visibility: Why More Data Doesn’t Mean Better Decisions
When every metric is treated as important, nothing actually stands out. Leaders spend more time interpreting data than acting on it. And in a system as complex as healthcare, delays in decision-making can have real operational and financial consequences. The post The Illusion of Visibility: Why More Data Doesn’t Mean Better Decisions appeared first on…
Aging is Soon to Be a Preventable Disease
For most of human history, cellular aging was treated as biologically fixed, an inevitable accumulation of damage with no meaningful pathway to reversal. That assumption is no longer tenable. The post Aging is Soon to Be a Preventable Disease appeared first on MedCity News.
After Her Bout of Amnesia, a $59,000 Billing Dispute Wouldn’t Go Away
On April 10, 2025, several hours after finishing a hike in Sedona, Arizona, Jan Anderson started repeating herself. “Did we hike this morning?” she asked. “Yes, we hiked,” said her husband, Steve Francks. “And you did really well.” But 15 seconds later, she asked the same question: “Did we hike today?” Anderson, 65, a retired…
A Trump Stronghold Grapples With Health Risks of ICE Detention Sites
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — Until recently, this rural city about 45 minutes east of Atlanta was best known for its Blue Willow Inn cookbooks featuring recipes for Southern dishes such as baked pineapple casserole and kudzu blossom jelly. Lately, however, the community has been trying to stave off a new identity of “prison town” as…
