For many years, KFF polling has found that the high cost of health care is a burden on U.S. families, and that health care costs factor into decisions about insurance coverage and care seeking. These costs also rank as a top financial worry. This data note summarizes recent KFF polling on the public’s experiences with health care costs. Main takeaways […]
BeiGene is a relative latecomer to immuno-oncology, and the China-based company’s efforts to bring its first such drug to the U.S. market will have to wait a little longer. An FDA decision for a BeiGene drug for esophageal cancer has been delayed until the agency can complete inspections of the manufacturing facilities for the immunotherapy. The drug, tislelizumab, is […]
The Biden administration is warning pharmacies not to discriminate against women who may seek reproductive health prescriptions, including some that might be involved in ending a pregnancy. The Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that pharmacies receiving federal money from programs such as Medicare and Medicaid cannot discriminate in how they supply medications or advise patients on prescriptions. […]
Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, Va.) is planning a new hospital and MOB at the Sentara Albemarle Regional Health campus in Elizabeth City, N.C., according to the website advancedaily.com. Situated on 135 acres, the 235,000-square-foot project will include 88 beds as well as flex space for future expansion. The 83,000-square-foot medical office building (MOB) will house a radiation oncology center, cardiac rehabilitation, […]
Dive Brief: Healthcare mergers reached a record-high $19.2 billion in total transacted revenue in the second quarter of this year, led by the planned tie-up of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health and several other large deals, according to the latest quarterly M&A report from Kaufman Hall. Still, the number of healthcare transactions announced during the second quarter remained below […]
After two-plus years of erupting into distinguishable peaks, the American coronavirus-case curve has a new topography: a long, never-ending plateau. Waves are now so frequent that they’re colliding and uplifting like tectonic plates, the valleys between them filling with virological rubble. With cases quite high and still drastically undercounted, and hospitalizations lilting up, this lofty mesa is a disconcerting place […]
It’s an open secret within the physician community but may not be widely known: Doctors spend more time documenting and updating a patient’s electronic health record than we spend examining and speaking with the actual patient. According to a 2020 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, doctors devote an average of 16 minutes and 14 seconds per patient encounter, […]
BY MIKE MAGEE “There’s common ground there—not the warm belonging of full creedal agreement, perhaps, but a place, even a welcoming place, where we can stand together.” Ian Marcus Corbin, Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School Most Americans would love to believe this statement. But political reality intervenes. A March, 2022 Pew Research Center analysis found our two major parties to be “farther […]
Digital-transformation programs at leading healthcare institutions that I work with are increasingly focused on two things: how to increase revenues and how to improve consumer experiences. There is a renewed focus on sustainable growth, not least due to the losses the nation’s leading health systems posted in 2021 and in the first half of 2022. Digital health leaders are facing […]
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. The transcript for this segment is being processed. We’re working to post it four to five days after the episode airs. Episode 8: “Tribal Values, Tribal Justice” Abby Abinanti is chief judge of the Yurok Tribal Court and a member of the tribe. While previously working in the California court system, […]