Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) has received a $2.3 million grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) to bring the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement to home-based care. Broadly, the age-friendly framework is a patient-centered care focus. It concentrates on the “4Ms” – what matters, medication, mentation and mobility. The first “M” pertains to what matters to the patient in […]
An Amgen drug that won a speedy FDA approval last year in certain lung cancers now has preliminary data from a larger study showing the pill beat standard of care chemotherapy. Those results are enough to meet the clinical trial’s main goal, but you’ll have to wait to see more information. Amgen is saving detailed data for presentation at […]
Starbucks’ fall drinks have officially returned as of today. Is it too soon? Does this mean summer is officially over? And most importantly, what will you be ordering? The Republican Party is reimagining its messaging on abortion as the overturning of Roe by the Supreme Court has energized Democratic voters in the upcoming midterm elections. Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re […]
The current standard of care for prostate cancer uses a one-size-fits-all approach, handling the cancer like a whole-gland disease even though prostate cancer is incredibly localized. That is the problem that Shyam Natarajan, co-founder and CEO of Avenda Health, wants to address. His approach involves personalizing prostate cancer care with artificial intelligence. Last week, Avenda got a $10 million boost. Culver […]
Oscar Health’s first full-service technology deal has ended before it really got off the ground. Health First Shared Services, a Florida-based not-for-profit integrated provider and insurer, “has indicated that it intends to terminate the agreement and transition the services from +Oscar to HF, effective as early as January 1, 2023,” Oscar Health disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. Health […]
Like with many of its retail peers, home-based care and aging services has become a key area of focus for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). These peers include heavy hitters like Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT). Together, these companies exemplify the ways that retail has begun to gain a foothold in health care, home-based care and aging services. Best […]
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans to expand the response to the monkeypox outbreak by providing vaccinations and education at large LGBTQ-centered events around the country following a recent pilot program carried out in Charlotte, N.C. Demetre Daskalakis, deputy director for the White House’s national monkeypox response, stated during a briefing that the administration was aiming to make its […]
A new healthcare data company has emerged with promises to make patient data more useful for the discovery of new diagnostics and interventions. That company is St. Louis, Missouri-based CuriMeta, which launched on Tuesday and announced the close of a $6 million seed funding round led by BJC HealthCare and the Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Medicine), which are […]
More than half of accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program generated savings last year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Tuesday. These ACOs saved Medicare $1.66 billion last year—0.2% of total Medicare spending—making 2021 the fifth consecutive year the program netted savings. Still, performance declined from the prior year, when the ACOs saved $1.9 billion. About 58% of participating […]