In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a fellow patient at a Denver neurologist’s office mentioned something that gave Taylor hope: a CBD oil called Charlotte’s Web. The person told her the oil helped people with uncontrolled epilepsy. However, the doctor would discuss it only “off the record” […]
Pregnancy is one of the most common reasons for a hospitalization among non-elderly people. In addition to the cost of the birth itself, pregnancy care also involves costs associated with prenatal visits and often includes care to treat psychological and medical conditions associated with pregnancy, birth, and the post-partum period. This analysis examines the health costs associated with pregnancy, childbirth, […]
Healthcare regulations could be thrown into question following a Supreme Court decision last month that curtails a different agency’s authority to interpret laws. While the ruling may not have much of an immediate impact on healthcare, it creates a landscape of uncertainty that could hamper healthcare companies that need regulatory clarity to plan ahead. The Supreme Court ruled that a […]
What types of data capacity does the National Academies believe are needed to improve patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), particularly with respect to health disparities. A report out this month (highlights) highlights some of the data capacity needs and also describes how U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for […]
A federal judge has ruled that abortion services can resume in the state of Louisiana, blocking the state’s from enforcing its so-called trigger ban. Judge Donald Johnson granted a temporary restraining order to the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and set a hearing on the case for July 18. CRR, along with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, last month challenged the […]
Moving Analytics, an Irvine, California-based telehealth startup that provides remote cardiac rehab, recently announced it has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Wellington Access Ventures and Seae Ventures, with participation from Philips Ventures, SteelSky Ventures, Aphelion Capital, Nueterra Capital and Citi Ventures. The financing brings the company’s total funding to $30 million. The company […]
Health Tech By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH In the ‘point solution versus platform’ debate, mark another score for integration as Vida Health jumps into the musculoskeletal (MSK) care space. This is a move we’ve seen before among the digital health chronic condition management set (remember when Omada acquired Physera, Dario Health acquired Upright, and everyone was waiting to see if […]
Healthcare regulations could be thrown into question following a Supreme Court decision last month that curtails a different agency’s authority to interpret laws. While the ruling may not have much of an immediate impact on healthcare, it creates a landscape of uncertainty that could hamper healthcare companies that need regulatory clarity to plan ahead. The Supreme Court ruled that a […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has not proposed a negative aggregate payment adjustment for home health agencies for the following year since 2018. That stable Medicare-reimbursement landscape, in turn, has allowed home health operators to grow their businesses and test out new, innovative care models, while also investing in their workforce. This period of stability, however, […]
Dive Brief: Hospital-acquired, antibiotic-resistant infections grew 15% from 2019 to 2020, according to data out Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 30,000 people died from those infections in the first year of the pandemic and about 40% were infected during a hospital stay, according to the CDC. Personal protective equipment and staffing shortages; longer patient stays […]