Observational studies are critical in evaluating the long-term safety and effectiveness of new therapies on patients’ lives. However, two major shifts are significantly changing the research ...

Across every channel — both face-to-face and digital — patient communications have undergone an incredible transformation over the last few years. Hospital leaders are realizing that each ...

Some of the most challenging yet most important processes for digital health startups to navigate are those related to reimbursement and coding. “People think, ‘Oh, I’ve got a code.

To tighten oversight and minimize overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a new rule in 2023 that revamped the agency’s approach ...

Healthcare stakeholders have differing opinions on the Biden-Harris Administration’s final rule for mental health coverage announced Monday. The 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity ...

Roivant Sciences is expanding its scope to the lungs, unveiling a new subsidiary whose main asset, licensed from Bayer, offers the potential to bring patients a novel treatment for a rare type of ...

When the Surgeon General issues a warning, we’re accustomed to hearing about the dangers of smoking, alcohol, or obesity. These are concrete, actionable threats to our health. But now, the ...

Over 4 billion prescriptions were filled at local pharmacies across the US in 2019. Up against close to a billion outpatient visits and 26 million hospitalizations, pharmacy continues to be the ...

For years, there has been discussion around consumerism and the need to improve the patient financial experience, with a focus on providing consumers with the same financial options they’ve come ...

The medical technology investment space is a pretty small ecosystem, according to medtech venture capitalist Maria Berkman. “The number of venture funds that exclusively focus on medtech is ...

I am a caregiver. I’m also the CEO of a caregiving platform in America. My personal journey through caregiving opened my eyes to a national crisis hiding in plain sight. Soon, this crisis is ...

It’s no secret that healthcare costs are rising at a rate that far outpaces inflation. In fact, total US inflation from 2008 to 2022 was about 45%, while the amount employers spent on healthcare ...