What the Health? From KFF Health News: Abortion Pills, the Budget, and RFK Jr.
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is…
What the Health? From KFF Health News: Abortion Pills, the Budget, and RFK Jr.
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
AI-Driven Precision Care is the Fix for Our Health System’s Failures
To give patients the care they deserve and improve healthcare’s return on investment, PCPs can harness intelligent, clinically fluent AI – not to replace or override physicians or give them what tech companies think they need, but to support them in pragmatic ways. The post AI-Driven Precision Care is the Fix for Our Health System’s…
The Quiet Battle for the Front Door of Healthcare
This is not a debate about care models or physician preferences. It is a contest over who will control the referral pathways and the revenue streams that originate at the front door of healthcare. The post The Quiet Battle for the Front Door of Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Abortion Pill’s Safety Called into Question in Congressional Actions Based on Misleading Data — The Monitor
False claims about the safety of mifepristone are driving legislative and investigative action in Congress, even as major medical organizations and decades of clinical evidence support the drug’s safety. And competing interpretations of what censorship and free speech mean are impacting how health misinformation is moderated.
How to Use Real-World Data to Improve Drug Development, Starting with the Patient Journey
[Sponsored] A new eBook explores how using real world data from patients can help drug developers improve outcomes for non-small cell lung cancer and other patient populations. The post How to Use Real-World Data to Improve Drug Development, Starting with the Patient Journey appeared first on MedCity News.
States Face Another Challenge With Medicaid Work Rules: Staffing Shortages
Katie Crouch says calling her state’s Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends. “The first time, it’ll ring interminably. Next time, it’ll go to a voice mail that just hangs up on you,” said the 48-year-old, who lives in Delaware. “Sometimes you’ll get a person who…
Farm Bureau Plans Are a Less Pricey Alternative to ACA Coverage — With Trade-Offs
Robin Carlton pays about $650 a month for a plan on the Missouri health insurance exchange that covers him and his two teenage kids. That monthly total is $200 higher than what he paid last year, due in part to the expiration in December of covid pandemic-era premium tax credits. But the self-employed St. Louis…
Insurers have Cut Prior Auth by 11% Following Commitments
Health insurers have reduced prior authorizations by 11% and are continuing reforms to streamline and speed up approvals, according to an announcement from AHIP and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. The post Insurers have Cut Prior Auth by 11% Following Commitments appeared first on MedCity News.
Epic Health Systems Connects with SSA via TEFCA
This initiative can speed up disability benefit determinations
Trial Failure in the Skin Does Not Dent Insmed Drug’s Potential in the Lungs
Insmed drug Brinsupri failed to beat a placebo in a mid-stage clinical trial testing the daily pill as a treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa, a chronic inflammatory skin disorder. Brinsupri is still projected to become a blockbuster seller in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, where it is the first approved therapy for this chronic lung condition. The post…
