by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The Biden administration is launching a new initiative aimed at helping surgeons distinguish and remove cancer cells without damaging surrounding tissue to improve health outcomes for cancer patients. The initiative is the first cancer-focused program under the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A key Senate committee on Wednesday advanced bipartisan legislation aimed at regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the intermediaries in the prescription drug supply chain who negotiate discounts with drug companies on behalf of insurance plans. While other...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, black women’s fetal mortality rate declined by nearly four percent in 2020 but remained much higher than other racial groups. Black women’s fetal...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
On Wednesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new AI-powered service for health care software providers that will help clinicians with paperwork. AWS HealthScribe uses generative AI and speech recognition to help doctors transcribe and analyze their...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Tea Leaves, Transition to Value
On Tuesday, the American Medical Association, the insurance trade group AHIP, and the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) jointly released recommendations to facilitate data sharing among participants in value-based care arrangements. The...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The U.S. is seeing high levels of heat-related illness this year, according to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency has been collecting national data on heat-related illness from emergency departments since 2018 and currently releases...
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