By KIM BELLARD Even before the war – oops: special operation, excursion, or whatever your preferred term is – with Iran started, people were complaining about how expensive things are. Home ownership for first time buyers seems out of reach. Sure, egg prices may be down from the late stages of the Biden Administration (thank…
GuardDog Telehealth admitted it misrepresented its services to access patients’ health information, marking the first major concession in Epic’s lawsuit against Health Gorilla and other defendants accused of exploiting interoperability networks. The broader case is still ongoing. The post Why The Epic-Health Gorilla Case Just Got Juicier appeared first on MedCity News.
At SXSW, two FDA observers said stability is returning to the agency after painful DOGE personnel cuts last year, though it’s not equal across divisions. And now, AI tools are being adopted across the board to improve efficiency. The post Which FDA Division Has the Most Stability As AI Tools Get Adopted Across the Agency?…
Employer groups praised a bill aimed at boosting healthcare competition and lowering costs by banning anticompetitive insurer-provider contracts. The post Employer Groups Applaud Bill that Aims to Spur Competition in Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare Economist was once again named one of the top economics blogs (#37) by FeedSpot. What other blogs were in the top 100? Check out the full list here. I was also ranked as one of the top economic blogs of 2026 by the Intelligent Economist as well.
WASHINGTON — Surrounded by hot pink lights and cherry blossom pink drapes on a ballroom stage, family doctor Marguerite Duane offered a seemingly simple solution to infertility: Doctors should have conversations with young girls about whether they want to have children one day. “I have these conversations with children starting at 8, 10, 12 years…
Structure Therapeutics’ aleniglipron, a once-daily oral GLP-1 drug, led to an average 16% weight loss measured at 44 weeks. Based on these results, the biotech is preparing for Phase 3 testing expected to begin in the second half of this year. The post Structure Therapeutics Oral GLP-1 Obesity Drug Achieves ‘Injectable-Like Efficacy’ in Phase 2…
CMS has recently announced a new approach to fraud that will rely more heavily on options to pause or withhold significant amounts of federal funding in cases of potential fraud, which could have broad implications for states and enrollees. This issue brief explains the new approach.
LOS ÁNGELES, CA — Mia Angulo, que está embarazada y dará a luz en mayo, vive en una tienda de campaña con su novio en el vecindario predominantemente latino de Boyle Heights. El dolor persistente por un accidente de auto ocurrido hace dos meses, sumado a una vida ya difícil, tiene a Angulo preocupada por…
Consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal’s Travis Sherman describes how five structural pressures are reshaping MA participation