Good News: Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low In the US
By MIKE MAGEE Last week, policy wonks from the right and the left, finally found…
Good News: Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low In the US
By MIKE MAGEE Last week, policy wonks from the right and the left, finally found a topic they could agree on – Kids are no longer having (as many) kids. Specifically, teen pregnancies dropped an additional 10% in the US in 2025. This is an acceleration of a trend which began two decades ago. Teen births…
Abridge Goes Beyond Documentation: 4 Updates
Clinical AI startup Abridge held a New York City event to signal it’s done being thought of as just an AI scribe. The company announced a Nvidia foundation model partnership, an Eli Lilly investment, new capabilities for its platform, and the intent to help mediate the relationship between payers and providers. The post Abridge Goes…
Oceans, Away
By KIM BELLARD It probably didn’t show up on your calendar, but Monday was World Ocean Day. It’s a day meant to catalyze “collective action for a healthy ocean and a stable climate,” and has been around since 2002 (although the U.N. didn’t officially recognize it until 2008). Its website claims a network of over…
Healthcare Leader to CMS on New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements: Give States an Extension
At AHIP 2026, healthcare leaders raised concerns about CMS’ new Medicaid eligibility requirements, with one urging the agency to give states more time to implement them. The post Healthcare Leader to CMS on New Medicaid Eligibility Requirements: Give States an Extension appeared first on MedCity News.
A Simple Act of Kindness Creates a Lasting Impact at Texas Children’s Hospital
Sometimes the most meaningful moments of care happen when someone simply takes the time to be present. While making her regular rounds at Texas Children’s Hospital, The Woodlands, Environmental Services (EVS) Houskeeper Maruja Caballero, heard a young patient crying. When she arrived at his room to collect the trash, she stopped in her tracks and moved into action to help. …
Novartis RNA Med From $12B Deal Keeps Building Case to Become First Therapy for Rare Muscle Disease
Novartis said its RNA therapy del-brax met goals of a Phase 1/2 study in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), an inherited muscle disorder that currently has no FDA-approved medicines. Del-brax is one of three RNA therapies from Novartis’s $12 billion acquisition of Avidity Biosciences. The post Novartis RNA Med From $12B Deal Keeps Building Case to…
Medicare Part D Enrollment, Premiums, and Cost Sharing in 2026
The Medicare Part D program provides an outpatient prescription drug benefit to 56 million older adults and people with long-term disabilities in Medicare who enroll in private plans. This brief analyzes Medicare Part D enrollment, premiums, and cost sharing in 2026 and trends over time, based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
How Medicare Advantage Rebates Disadvantage Medicare’s Stand-Alone Drug Plan Market
The private plans that offer the Medicare Part D benefit – stand-alone drug plans and Medicare Advantage drug plans – are increasingly are competing on uneven terms, in part because the payment system for Medicare Advantage plans enables them to lower Part D premiums or reduce Part D cost sharing, making drug coverage from Medicare…
From Copilots to Clinical Judgment: The Next Phase of AI in Digital Behavioral Health
The next phase of AI in healthcare is about building systems where human clinicians, supervisors, and AI can all contribute, challenge each other, and improve how decisions are made. The post From Copilots to Clinical Judgment: The Next Phase of AI in Digital Behavioral Health appeared first on MedCity News.
AI Is Scaling Healthcare Costs Because the System Was Built That Way
AI is not driving healthcare cost inflation. It is exposing a system that has always been designed to reward it, and making that system more efficient. As long as reimbursement is tied to intensity, every technological advancement will move in the same direction: toward maximizing it. The post AI Is Scaling Healthcare Costs Because the…
