ICE, ALS, Addiction Medicine, and Robotic Ultrasounds: Journalists Sound Off on All That and More
KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how family members and lawyers of…
ICE, ALS, Addiction Medicine, and Robotic Ultrasounds: Journalists Sound Off on All That and More
KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how family members and lawyers of those in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody are struggling to find them in California hospitals on CapRadio’s Insight With Vicki Gonzalez on Feb. 25. Click here to hear Boyd-Barrett on Insight With Vicki Gonzalez. Read Boyd-Barrett’s “‘I Can’t Tell You’:…
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs
February has seen a slew of executive hires, promotions and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, the CDC, Nabla and symplr named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Walgreens, Cigna and Merck. The post Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs appeared first on MedCity News.
Walgreens Introduces Virtual Weight Management Offering
Walgreens launched a virtual weight management program offering clinician support and GLP-1 prescriptions for self-pay patients. The post Walgreens Introduces Virtual Weight Management Offering appeared first on MedCity News.
Generate Biomedicines’ IPO Brings In $400M for Pivotal Tests of Severe Asthma Drug
Flagship Pioneering-founded Generate Biomedicines aims to offer less frequent injections compared to a blockbuster asthma drug from partners Amgen and AstraZeneca. Generate’s drug comes from a “programable biology” platform technology that uses AI and machine learning to design proteins with desirable properties. The post Generate Biomedicines’ IPO Brings In $400M for Pivotal Tests of Severe…
A Canadian Hospital Scoops Up Nurses Who No Longer Feel Safe in Trump’s America
Last year, as the California hospital where she worked was appeasing the Trump administration by erasing words like “equity” and “diversity” from its paperwork, Brandy Frye had seen enough. Frye, an emergency room nurse with 25 years of experience, felt that ignoring inequality’s role in health and sickness was an affront to the compassionate soul…
Where the Patient Experience Is Heading – And 3 Ways Healthcare Providers Can Meet That Moment
Healthcare providers need to be thinking not only about the experience that patients need and want now, but the experience they’re going to need and want down the road. The post Where the Patient Experience Is Heading – And 3 Ways Healthcare Providers Can Meet That Moment appeared first on MedCity News.
Regulating Healthcare AI? Look To E-Prescribing
Any regulations applied won’t be as simple as putting on a Band-Aid and forgetting about future problems. To regulate appropriately, we need to learn from the past and act quickly as AI is rapidly incorporated into healthcare. The post Regulating Healthcare AI? Look To E-Prescribing appeared first on MedCity News.
He Needs an Expensive Drug. A Copay Card Helped — Until It Didn’t.
Over the course of 2025, Jayant Mishra of Mission Viejo, California, progressively developed scaly, itchy red patches on his skin. Then came the pain and swelling in the joints of his hands, making it difficult to do his work at a bank. His primary care doctor referred him to a rheumatologist, who diagnosed psoriatic arthritis….
To Avoid Care Disruptions, Know When the Clock Runs Out on Your Prior Authorization
A woman with multiple sclerosis wanted to be able to walk up the stairs at home without losing her balance. Her doctor prescribed medicine that helped, but then approval from her insurance plan for the drug expired. “Why do I need a prior authorization for something that I am already prior-authorized to take? If my…
How Elevance Health Is — and Isn’t — Using AI
Ratnakar Lavu, Elevance Health’s chief digital information officer, said the company is using AI to streamline approvals, claims processing and member support while keeping denials under human review. The post How Elevance Health Is — and Isn’t — Using AI appeared first on MedCity News.
