How TEFCA Is Speeding Up Disability Benefits Determinations at Hospitals
The Social Security Administration’s move onto the TEFCA interoperability framework is beginning to streamline disability…
How TEFCA Is Speeding Up Disability Benefits Determinations at Hospitals
The Social Security Administration’s move onto the TEFCA interoperability framework is beginning to streamline disability determinations by enabling faster exchange of medical records from hospitals. Dr. David Kaelber, chief health informatics officer at MetroHealth System in Ohio, said the shift is replacing a months-long, fax-driven process with near real-time data sharing. The post How TEFCA…
Oricell Lands $110M to Take Cell Therapy to New Territory in Cancer
There are no FDA-approved therapies for GPC3, a protein highly expressed by liver cancers. Oricell Therapeutics claims its cell therapy could be best in this class, but it faces competition from companies such as AstraZeneca and Eureka Therapeutics. The post Oricell Lands $110M to Take Cell Therapy to New Territory in Cancer appeared first on…
With $100M Raise, Chapter Targets Medicare Mismatches for Seniors
Chapter’s Series E round was led by Generation Investment Management, with participation from Fifth Down Capital, 8VC, Stripes, XYZ Venture Capital, Addition, Narya Capital, Susa Ventures and Maverick Ventures. The post With $100M Raise, Chapter Targets Medicare Mismatches for Seniors appeared first on MedCity News.
The Trump Administration Is Seeking Federal Workers’ Sensitive Medical Data. That’s Raising Alarms.
About a year ago, I was stationed in downtown D.C. on an especially chilly spring day, watching hundreds of federal employees line up outside their office buildings. In a humbling exercise, employees were waiting to test whether their entry badges still worked at the Department of Health and Human Services — or whether they’d be walked back…
Domestic HIV Funding in the White House FY2027 Budget Request
This brief provides on overview of funding proposals for domestic HIV programs and initiatives in President Trump’s FY27 budget request to Congress.
Know Your Patient: How Technology Can Help Health Care Providers Dramatically Improve One Key Aspect of the Patient Experience
Digitization has certainly cut down on the paperwork glut in healthcare. But if that’s the extent of technology’s impact on the patient experience, it’s clearly not enough. The post Know Your Patient: How Technology Can Help Health Care Providers Dramatically Improve One Key Aspect of the Patient Experience appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare’s Most Fixable Cost Problem: Administrative Waste
The good news: fixing our ancient administrative infrastructure does not require technology that’s particularly experimental, nor does it require passing new laws or regulations. It does, however, require coordination. The post Healthcare’s Most Fixable Cost Problem: Administrative Waste appeared first on MedCity News.
Watch: As AI Makes More Health Coverage Decisions, the Risks to Patients Grow
This year, executives from nearly every major health insurance company made the same declaration in calls with Wall Street analysts: Using artificial intelligence to make coverage decisions would help save them money. Even the Trump administration is testing AI’s usefulness in managing the prior authorization process for the Medicare program, as well as seeking to…
For Many Patients Leaving the ICU, the Struggle Has Only Just Begun
The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac arrest while driving, plowed into a guardrail, and lost consciousness. Other drivers stopped, broke the car window, and pulled him to safety. A passing volunteer firefighter performed CPR until an ambulance arrived…
Quantifying the Rural Access Problem: Emergency Cardiac Care as a Window into American Healthcare
By ANISH KOKA I was listening to a conversation between two critical thinkers I respect greatly: geneticist/technologist/blogger Razib Khan and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle. Their discussion was a freewheeling rant about the problems they see with the rise of populism on the left and right, but a throwaway comment related to the US physician shortage in the…
