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TOP STORIES
Do you believe this is truly a permanent Doc Fix? It would end and replace the Sustainable Growth Rate, extend for two years funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program at the elevated rates outlined in Obamacare. Both House Republican and Democratic leaders have said to have signed off. Look for something this week.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The New York Times gave a full rundown of the new wave of cholesterol drugs from Sanofi and Amgen. “What has not been known, however,” The Times states, “is whether the drugs do what patients and doctors really care about: protect against heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular problems or ‘events.’ ”
LIFE SCIENCES
Reuters gave a nice overview this weekend of the need for better diagnostics to match the drugs treating liver disease.
AstraZeneca’s Brilinta: a good heart drug with a risk of bleeding.
A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Malin, an investment group that invests in life-science startups, is going public and raising more than $315 million.
PAYERS/PROVIDERS
Four Ebola-stricken healthcare workers are back in the United States and being treated in Nebraska.
More knocks against the patient-centered medical home.
Intellectually I understand that the intent of PCMH is to provide more uniform care for patients. There are definitely practices that do not practice the highest quality medicine and possibly this is the rationale for instituting PCMH standards.
Let me simplify this article: If someone is recommending Coke as a healthy snack she is full of it.
Read about the harrowing patient experience of Richard P. Miller, the CEO of Virtua Health.
OSF Healthcare has named Robert Sehring CEO of its Central Region.
The American Council on Exercise wants to get deeper into healthcare. Here’s a pretty solid response (he hates it).
TECH
Here’s mobihealthnews’ deep-dive on ResearchKit.
THIS matters for healthcare: “Alex Stamos, Yahoo’s chief information security officer, gave the first public demo Sunday of its new encrypted email service designed to make it easier for average users to send scrambled email messages that not even Yahoo can read.” It will be ready by year’s end.
Smart socks, smart workout pants and other “wearables” of the future.
POLITICS
2.2 percent of those who purchased coverage on their own had individual policies cancelled under Obamacare. Also, .3 percent of those with coverage through their employer had their health insurance policies cancelled. Now political hacks can argue if that’s a big number of a small one.
A LITTLE EXTRA
Here’s the shocker story you’ll need to catch up on: real-estate heir Robert Durst admits he “killed them all” in an HBO documentary.
[Photo of a Boston Scientific prototype of a coronary stent from Flickr user National Energy Technology Laboratory]
