BRISTOL, Conn. — Many hospital systems in Connecticut have stopped suing their patients over unpaid bills, stung by criticism about the harm caused by aggressive collection tactics. But physicians, dentists, ambulance companies, and other health care providers are still taking their patients to court, a Connecticut Mirror-KFF Health News investigation of state legal records shows….
Depending on whom you ask, Alfred Engelberg could be a hero or a villain in the story of American pharmaceuticals. The patent lawyer helped write legislation that led to a dramatic increase in the number of generic drugs on the market. He also contributed to a patent system that gives pharmaceutical companies monopolies on their…
Peter Stetson is the CMIO of Tiger Connect. It’s now calling itself an AI platform to connect people, especially workflows between doctors, nurses, EMTs and devices. Until recently he was CMIO at Memorial Sloan Kettering, so I asked him about what the real problems in communications were. He believes it’s all about routing the calls…
Himanshu Shah, an activist investor and large shareholder of Novavax, whose stock has plummeted over the years, believes the company should cut costs more aggressively, reduce the size of its board, and do more to prop up its financial performance. But are the criticisms valid? The post Is Shah Capital’s Criticism of Novavax Fair? A…
Obsidian Therapeutics aims to show its TIL cell therapy has advantages over an Iovance Biotherapeutics TIL therapy marketed for treating melanoma. Obsidian’s merger with Galera Therapeutics will give it a public listing and a private placement to support clinical development of the combined company’s cancer drug pipeline. The post Obsidian, Galera Merger Comes With $350M…
CMS is proposing to make its joint replacement bundled payment model mandatory nationwide. Experts say it is a logical step, but warn that mandatory participation could be challenging for hospitals to implement. The post Expanding the CJR Model Is a Logical Step in VBC, but Implementation Challenges Remain appeared first on MedCity News.
Care delivery doesn’t have to be binary — in-person or virtual, old model or new. It can be adaptive, team-based, and deeply human. The post How Team-Based and Virtual Nursing Models Are Redefining Care Delivery appeared first on MedCity News.
The challenge isn’t whether AI can be used (it already is). It’s whether it can be trusted. And trust in medicine is not something healthcare professionals can afford to get wrong. The post Trust and AI Adoption in Medicine appeared first on MedCity News.
KFF Health News Michigan correspondent Kate Wells discussed urgent care clinics offering abortions on Apple News Today on April 15. Click here to hear Wells on Apple News Today. Read Wells’ “Urgent Care Clinics Move To Fill Abortion Care Gaps in Rural Areas.” KFF Health News Montana correspondent Katheryn Houghton discussed doula Medicaid reimbursements on…
A new report from Trilliant Health finds behavioral health demand has surged since 2018, but workforce shortages and access barriers continue to limit care. The post Behavioral Health Demand Has Increased by 62% Since 2018. What the Industry Needs to Know appeared first on MedCity News.