Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.
JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer…
Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.
JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, swallowed the first three chemotherapy pills to treat her squamous cell carcinoma on Jan. 29, her family members said. They didn’t realize the drug could kill her. Six days later, Zembruski-Ruple went to Sloan Kettering’s urgent care department to…
An Arm and a Leg: A Mathematical Solution for US Hospitals?
What do the KGB and the former CEO of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have in common? Eugene Litvak. The Soviet intelligence agency and the children’s hospital have each separately looked to the Ukrainian émigré with a PhD in mathematics for help. He turned down the KGB, but Litvak saved Cincinnati Children’s Hospital more than $100 million…
Newsom’s Push To Block Law Could Save California Nursing Homes Over $1 Billion
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to block a California law from taking effect next year that will require nursing homes to have a 96-hour backup power supply, potentially giving the industry a reprieve from having to spend over $1 billion in capital investments. The Democratic governor tucked the suspension into his budget update to address a…
The Crawfish Chronicles: An NIH Fixed Cost Cap Parable
By GREGROY HOPSON T-Maître Pierre’s Family Restaurant was a Louisiana institution. The kind of place where generations gathered over steaming mountains of boiled crawfish, spicy corn, and seasoned potatoes. A place where Clifton Chenier’s Louisiana Blues & Zydeco played in the background and the waitstaff wore starched white shirts with bright-colored bow ties. The walls…
Kura Oncology Drug’s Data at ASCO Support FDA Filing Now Under Priority Review for Leukemia
Kura Oncology’s ziftomenib addresses a specific genetic mutation present in about 30% of cases of acute myeloid leukemia. Data from the drug’s pivotal Phase 2 test were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The post Kura Oncology Drug’s Data at ASCO Support FDA Filing Now Under Priority Review for…
Pyx Health Acquires FarmboxRx With $47.5M Funding Boost
Acquiring FarmboxRx will help Pyx Health tackle food insecurity, a challenge many of its members struggle with. The post Pyx Health Acquires FarmboxRx With $47.5M Funding Boost appeared first on MedCity News.
US Physicians in 2024: More likely to work in larger, multi-specialty, PE-owned practices
These are the findings from the American Medical Association’s 2024 Physician Practice Benchmark Survey. Physicians included in the survey include those who practice in the U.S., actively see patients, and have completed residency. Here is what the survey finds: Increasingly, physicians are less likely to work in small practices that they or other physicians own….
Early Indications of the Impact of the Enhanced Premium Tax Credit Expiration on 2026 Marketplace Premiums
Every summer, health insurers submit rate filings to state regulators detailing expectations and justifying premium rate changes for ACA-regulated health plans for the coming year. With the enhanced premium tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025, consumers can expect increases in how much they pay for coverage. KFF examines 23 early insurer…More
Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Continues Assault on Obamacare
Millions would lose Medicaid coverage. Millions would be left without health insurance. Signing up for health plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces would be harder and more expensive. President Donald Trump’s domestic policy legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cleared the House in May and now moves to the Senate, could also…
June 11 Virtual Event: How the Trump Administration and Congress Are Reshaping the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplaces: Views from the States
Through regulations and the House budget reconciliation bill, significant changes are being considered by Congress and the Trump Administration for how the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces would work. At the same time, the enhanced tax credits that have made Marketplace coverage more affordable and driven record enrollment are set to expire at the…More
