The Chicago area is a more competitive market than Milwaukee, said Nathan Ray, who leads the healthcare merger and acquisition division at the consultancy West Monroe. “There’s a little more leeway in Wisconsin because Advocate Aurora has in certain areas more dominance and cachet,” he said. Charlotte, North Carolina, where Atrium is based, has a more concentrated hospital market than […]
Of the several types of entrepreneurship, each has its own distinct goals, aspirations and measures of success. Some types of entrepreneurship focus on innovation or societal change, others strive for rapid expansion or growth from an existing business model and still others generate profits to support the entrepreneur’s lifestyle with no plans for expansion. Understanding the different types of entrepreneurship, […]
Preliminary data for April 2022 show that total Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment has grown by 23.9% since February 2020, an August 3 report by Kaiser Family Foundation shows. This represents an increase of 17 million people, reaching 88.3 million total people enrolled. KFF’s report analyzed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Performance Indicator Project Data. It comes after […]
Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised to deliver on Biden’s priorities, a stunning turnaround of what had seemed a […]
The polio vaccine. Surgical treatment for macular degeneration. The potential of paraplegics to walk again. Treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Antivirals to treat or prevent HIV. Covid-19 vaccines. Each of these lifesaving medical advancements is rooted in research involving nonhuman primates, most often monkeys. Yet scientists conducting this critical work have faced harassment and threats. We endure calls for primate research […]
For medical professionals working in reproductive health care – and the patients they serve – the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade worsened an already confusing maelstrom for providing care. Although there is consensus among the scientific community that birth control and abortion are critical forms of medical care that help manage medical conditions and save lives, the […]
Dr Apparna is a well-celebrated Neurologist with an overwhelming experience of over 15 years in the field. She graduated with MBBS from Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, in 2002 and later went on and did her post-graduation in Internal Medicine from Guntur Medical College, Guntur, in 2007. She also earned her Neurology doctorate from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, in 2010. She […]
State and city governments are walking a fine line as they move to confront the monkeypox outbreak, trying to spread awareness of the disease — which has thus far predominantly affected men who have sex with men — while avoiding stigmas. “The tightrope you’re trying to walk is making sure that people don’t see it as just a gay men’s illness, but […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ripped the Inflation Reduction Act Saturday for doing little to fight inflation and not enough to help Americans struggling to afford health care, child care and housing. “According to the [Congressional Budget Office] and other economic organizations that have studied this bill, it will have a minimal impact on inflation,” Sanders declared on the Senate floor […]
The Senate voted along party lines Saturday afternoon to advance a sweeping bill to reform the tax code, tackle climate change and lower the cost of prescription drugs, taking a big step closer to giving President Biden a major victory before the November midterm elections. The Senate voted 51 to 50 to proceed to the 755-page bill, after Vice President Kamala Harris arrived at […]