Report: Accountable Health Communities Led to Savings, Addressed SDOH
Navigation program was associated with lower expenditures and hospital-based utilization in both Medicaid and Medicare intervention groups
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Coral Care Raises $13M to Scale In-Home Pediatric Therapy
Coral Care’s Series A round was led by Haymaker Ventures, with participation from FCA Ventures, Peterson Ventures, Alleycorp, Reach Capital, Jefferson River Capital, Greymatter Capital, Mother Ventures and Charge Ventures. The post Coral Care Raises $13M to Scale In-Home Pediatric Therapy appeared first on MedCity News.
Understanding Medicaid Home Care Amid CMS Focus on Potential Fraud and Abuse
This issue brief describes how Medicaid home care operates—including who is eligible and the systems in place to promote program integrity in its delivery—and the challenges of using new CMS data to identify unusual billing patterns or potential fraud in the program.
Headache Startup Slate Medicines Lands $130M to Bring Novel Migraine Drug Into the Clinic
Slate Medicines’ antibody drug is designed to block PACAP, a protein associated with migraines. The Phase 1-ready asset was licensed from China-based DartsBio Pharmaceuticals. The post Headache Startup Slate Medicines Lands $130M to Bring Novel Migraine Drug Into the Clinic appeared first on MedCity News.
CMS RFI Offers View of How AI Could Impact Medicare Experience
Agency looking to deploy artificial intelligence across both digital and voice channels
Opioid Overdose Deaths: National Trends and Variation by Demographics and States
Opioid overdose deaths fell sharply from 2023 to 2024 (79,358 to 54,045), driven largely by decreases in fentanyl-involved deaths. Even after these declines, deaths remained above 2019, the year before opioid deaths increased sharply during the pandemic.
Suicide Deaths: National Trends and Variation by Demographics and States
Suicide deaths fell slightly from their peak of 49,476 deaths in 2022 to 48,824 deaths in 2024, but trends by suicide method diverged: suicides by other means declined while firearm suicides reached their highest level and accounted for 57% of all suicides (up from 50% in 2014).
Alcohol Deaths: National Trends and Variation by Demographics and States
Alcohol deaths increased gradually before the pandemic, jumped in 2020 and 2021, and have fallen somewhat since then. Even after these declines, deaths remained above 2019, the year before the pandemic.
Will AI Solve Immunology’s Debate Over “Self vs. Non-Self?”
By MIKE MAGEE In 1872, English mathematician and sometimes poet, Augustus de Morgan, wrote this catching rhyme: “Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ‘em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.” This truism about competition among species for access to nutrition and reproduction could have come in handy to…
Top-Rated Gel Packs for Physical Therapy: Best Brands and Where to Buy
[Sponsored] Cold and heat therapy remain foundational tools in musculoskeletal care, postoperative recovery and sports rehabilitation. The post Top-Rated Gel Packs for Physical Therapy: Best Brands and Where to Buy appeared first on MedCity News.