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About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers ended a four-week strike after reaching a tentative agreement that includes measures to address chronic understaffing and wage increases. The full contract has not yet been ratified. The post After 4-Week Strike, Kaiser Permanente Workers Score Tentative Win on Staffing & Pay appeared first on MedCity News.

Some healthcare experts supported Trump’s comments on lowering prescription drug costs, while others criticized his remarks on health coverage. The post How Healthcare Leaders Responded to Trump’s State of the Union appeared first on MedCity News.

Vivtex’s technology uses AI and high throughput screening to identify the combinations of drug ingredients that can deliver peptides through gastrointestinal tissue. Besides Novo Nordisk, the MIT spinout’s partners include Astellas Pharma, Equillium, and Orbis Medicines. The post Novo Nordisk Commits Up to $2B to Drug Delivery Startup Vivtex for R&D of Oral Metabolic Meds…

[Sponsored] Remote work reshapes how companies recruit, retain and support talent, and benefits have to keep up. The post Top-Rated Health Insurance Plans for Companies With Remote Employees appeared first on MedCity News.

As AI-enabled coding increasingly adjudicates and reimburses claims on the first pass, often at higher levels, payers face a growing challenge: traditional cost-containment mechanisms are unable to keep pace.   The post AI-Driven Coding is Driving Costs Up.  How Can Payers Adapt? appeared first on MedCity News.

Sustainable quality doesn’t live in binders or dashboards; it lives in the small, repeatable actions that happen every day. The post Making Quality a Daily Habit appeared first on MedCity News.

Brian Alexander feels the current system of drug development is shaped by biotech investor expectations. Valo Health is eschewing that path. The post Valo Health CEO: We Don’t Want Investors To Drive the Science appeared first on MedCity News.