Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani Loading… Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. Debtors are from all walks of life and all corners of […]
New York City health officials announced that the West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in two people and a record number of mosquitos in the city. In a news release on Wednesday, the New York City health department said that the two human virus cases were detected in the Queens and Brooklyn boroughs of the city, adding that a […]
Sanofi is officially out of the race to develop a breast cancer drug in pill form that could compete against a blockbuster injectable therapy. The pharmaceutical giant’s contender, amcenestrant, has failed in a pivotal study, a disappointing result that also spells the end for all clinical trials testing the drug. The decision announced Wednesday follows an interim look at […]
Health Tech Lyle Berkowitz has been very well known as a techy doc for years. He’s ran an innovation center at Northwestern, written books, been featured at tons of conferences (including Health 2.0), had a stint at MDLive and was founder and Exec Chair at HealthFinch which was bought by Health Catalyst. But instead of lying on the beach drinking […]
A ransomware attack at Practice Resources possibly exposed data on hundreds of thousands of consumers. The Syracuse, N.Y.-based revenue-cycle management company was hit by a ransomware attack in April, according to a notice detailing the incident and submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office. The company said it engaged third-party experts to secure its systems and investigate the scope of […]
Most of us are pretty good at taking care of our physical bodies. We brush our teeth every morning. We feed ourselves so we don’t starve. We try not to overdo it on the coffee and alcohol. We get at least some (but probably not enough) sleep. We go to the doctor when we’re sick. But in the beautiful chaos […]
Hybrid Work Provided Health Systems with Unforeseen Benefits Working through the pandemic, the hospital decided it wanted to set up its workforce for remote work more permanently, but it had to overcome some hurdles to get there. There were the common IT challenges such as hardware, connectivity and security. But there were other difficulties, including more competitive recruiting and hiring. […]
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 includes a number of climate, tax, and health care provisions. Major health care provisions include prescription drug reforms that primarily affect Medicare as well as a three year extension of enhanced subsidies to purchase Marketplace coverage that were included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). However, a temporary federal policy to close […]
Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion advocacy group, is launching a record $50 million investment into the midterm elections in November, the organization announced Wednesday. The effort is aimed at states that are poised to either ban or expand access to sexual and reproductive health, and comes just a few months after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. […]