President Donald Trump unveiled the Great Healthcare Plan to lower drug costs and insurance premiums, but healthcare executives say the proposal lacks sufficient detail to assess whether it would meaningfully reduce costs. The post Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ Aims to Cut Costs, but Details Are Sparse, Execs Say appeared first on MedCity News.
BioInnovation Institute, which has supported 131 startups in Denmark to date, will use the new funding to expand its reach to startups across Europe. This innovation engine spun out of the Novo Nordisk Foundation in 2020. The post Novo Nordisk Foundation Commits Up to $850M to Boost European Innovation appeared first on MedCity News.
Some of the company’s Pennsylvania treatment centers will need to backfill some beds because Empire State leaders are no longer allowing some residents to get care out of state. “At times, there are decisions made that we don’t, frankly, understand from an economic standpoint,” CFO Todd Young told an industry gathering.
Eliav Barr gave kudos to Eli Lilly for testing the company’s Zepbound weight loss drug in combination with a psoriatic arthritis drug to achieve better results for the underlying inflammation. The post What Merck’s Chief Medical Officer Thinks of Lilly’s Approach to GLP-1s appeared first on MedCity News.
When she was 25 years old, Rhonda Swaney nearly died delivering a stillborn baby. She’s a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana. Although her experience was nearly 50 years ago, Swaney said Native Americans continue to receive inadequate maternal care. The data appears to support that belief. In 2024, the most…
As healthcare data explodes, agentic AI has emerged as a solution to validate medical information through specialized agents working together behind the scenes. The post Agentic AI: Shifting Medical Affairs from What’s Happening to Why appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] The top-rated U.S. organizations with the best physical therapy for stroke recovery are known for structured brain injury rehabilitation programs, multidisciplinary teams and measurable outcomes. The post Top-Rated Physical Therapy Clinics Specializing in Stroke Recovery appeared first on MedCity News.
As specialty therapies expand and chronic conditions rise, infusion services must be viewed as both clinically intensive and deeply human. The post A Playbook for Modern Ambulatory Infusion Care: How Providers Can Strengthen Experience, Outcomes, and Operational Performance appeared first on MedCity News.
New York-based performer Cynthia Freeman, 61, has been trying to figure out how to keep the Affordable Care Act health plan that she and her husband depend on. “If we didn’t have health issues, I’d just go back to where I was in my 40s and not have health insurance,” she said, “but we’re not…
LISTEN: Big cuts to Medicaid mean some states will have to scramble to keep offering treatment for addiction. KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” on Jan. 14 to explain why addiction care advocates worry opioid settlement money could end up plugging holes in state budgets instead of fighting the…