Intermountain to Expand Cardiac Program With Story Health
Patients enrolled in a pilot program experienced a significant clinical improvement, including an increase in achieving medication optimization, health system says
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How Did Medicaid Renewal Outcomes Change During the Unwinding?
This policy watch uses unwinding data collected through KFF’s Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker to examine how national-level renewal outcomes changed over the course of unwinding, including changes in the share of people who had their coverage renewed or were disenrolled from Medicaid each month.
Cautious Optimism in San Francisco as New Cases of HIV in Latinos Decrease
SAN FRANCISCO — For years, Latinos represented the biggest share of new HIV cases in this city, but testing data suggests the tide may be turning. The number of Latinos newly testing positive for HIV dropped 46% from 2022 to 2023, according to a preliminary report released in July by the San Francisco Department of…
Is End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model Moving the Needle?
Amit Kapoor, M.D., M.B.A., chief nephrology officer at Strive Health, discusses recent JAMA Health Forum study that shows little impact on home dialysis or transplant rates
Tiny Is Mighty
By KIM BELLARD I am a fanboy for AI; I don’t really understand the technical aspects, but I sure am excited about its potential. I’m also a sucker for a catchy phrase. So when I (belatedly) learned about TinyAI, I was hooked. Now, as it turns out, TinyAI (also know as Tiny AI) has…
FAQs about the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently concluded the first round of negotiation for the new Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, which was established by the Inflation Reduction Act. These FAQs address several questions related to Medicare’s drug price negotiation program and CMS’s implementation of the new program, with a focus on the…
What are the Trends in Health Utilization and Spending in Early 2024?
Recent trends in healthcare utilization and spending suggest that most spending on health services exceeds pre-pandemic levels and health costs are growing at a faster rate than in recent years. However, utilization of care has been uneven by setting and market. For example, some measures of hospital utilization remain lower than pre-pandemic levels, which could…More
Health Systems Among Investors in Hospital Supply Chain Startup Clarium
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Venture Fund, Yale New Haven Health join General Catalyst in $10.5 million funding round
Researchers: Medicare Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs Could Dramatically Increase Costs
A team of researchers concludes that Medicare Part D coverage of weight-loss drugs could explode costs
The First-Ever Government Negotiation Process for Drugs Has Finished, But the Politics Are Ongoing
This post for Health Affairs Forefront examines how the results of the first-ever Medicare drug price negotiations will generate savings for the government and for Medicare beneficiaries, and how candidates’ views on the issue could play a role in the upcoming elections and in the future of government negotiation.