In large swaths of rural America, the basic expectation that an ambulance will reach a hospital within minutes no longer holds. Hospital closures, service cuts and fragile finances are stretching rural healthcare to a breaking point, reshaping where people can safely live, work, give birth and grow old.
The action, announced Monday, follows a comprehensive review of scientific literature by an expert panel at the agency in July, as well as a public comment period, officials said. Pharmas are expected to update and reprint their product labeling to remove references to risks of cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and probable dementia.
President Donald Trump has talked about the burden of healthcare costs since his first campaign, but he has signaled that his administration’s regulators are less inclined than his predecessor’s to intervene in health mergers.
Baxter Healthcare is pleased to share the growing success of the room temperature storage configuration of Hemopatch Sealing Hemostat, launched earlier, this Summer, across Australia and New Zealand. Since its introduction, the product has been met with enthusiastic adoption by surgical teams who value convenience, versatility, and clinical performance.
Prescribing capabilities position Omada Health to "better support the next wave of oral and injectable GLP-1 therapies, which, we believe, will span various price points in the future," CEO Sean Duffy said.
Health insurers felt the sting of elevated medical costs yet again in the third quarter, with the congressional debate over the Affordable Care Act subsidies looming large for investors.
Leaders at the HHS and the CMS are bullish on artificial intelligence to help patients manage health conditions and make the healthcare system more cost-effective, and they're betting on the private sector to bring new innovation to the market.
The next leap in AI capability, especially in specialized fields like healthcare, requires access to proprietary, curated data and deep collaboration across stakeholders.
Oscar Health CEO Mark Bertolini told investors the insurer is "optimistic" that lawmakers will reach an agreement on the enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act plans even as it braces for a "reset moment for the individual market."
An amended complaint from several provider associations argues the vaccine advisory committee's new members were appointed for their anti-vaccine biases, not their experience or credentials, and should be removed under statute and the advisory body's charter.
Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have become the latest pharma giants to strike price-reduction deals with the White House, agreeing to sell their weight loss drugs at cut-rate prices.
CorroHealth’s Dr. Jerilyn Morrissey urges hospitals to rethink documentation and denial strategies, emphasizing proactive approaches and thoughtful use of AI.
The initiative will focus on defining the infrastructure and incentives needed to scale, implement best practices and work to accelerate reimbursement and quantify ROI.
Optain, a startup that built AI-powered retinal screening technology, acquired EyePACS to adds its teleophthalmology network to its platform and expand access to eye-disease screening in primary care.
A late October survey of health IT vendors found most have had at least one in-flight procurement paused by a buyer. Cutbacks and shifts toward revenue generation or short-term ROI outline hospitals' effort to address shutdown uncertainty, the responses suggest.