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MedCity Pivot Podcast: A Chat With AWS Chief Medical Officer Rowland Illing

How the Expiration of ACA Tax Credits Will Impact Commercial Insurance, Per a Cigna Exec

The expiration of ACA tax credits could drive up premiums across marketplace and commercial insurance plans, a Cigna executive warned.

By Marissa Plescia

BioPharma, Pharma

GSK’s Respiratory Pipeline Adds an Early-Stage Drug Offering a Novel Approach to COPD

GSK paid $85 million up front for global rights to a small-interfering RNA therapy discovered and developed by startup Empirico. The pharmaceutical giant said this drug candidate could be used as a monotherapy and as part of drug combinations for treating COPD and other inflammatory respiratory diseases.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

When Healthcare Meets People Where They Are: How PDTs Are Reshaping Mental Health Treatment

Here are some key insights to help unlock the viability of PDTs to address unmet needs throughout the healthcare ecosystem — for patients and providers alike — and how to take meaningful steps to improve the health experience.

By Desiree Priestley

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It’s Time to Rethink Prior Authorization for Chronic and Serious Conditions

Guideline directed care pathways are a way to shift from transactional PA, where each service requires separate approval, to an episode-of-care model.

By Matt Cunningham

Legal Providers,

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Ex-Cano Health CEO Faces $72M Fraud Claims

Marlow Hernandez, the founder and former CEO of Cano Health, was set to face a trial over allegations that he fraudulently enriched himself and his family while managing the senior-focused primary care company. Cano filed for bankruptcy last year — an event many industry experts attributed to Hernandez’ poor governance.

By Katie Adams

Ambience CEO on Personalizing the Physician Workflow

CEO shares how Ambience can help reduce administrative burden.

By MedCity News

Health Tech

Withings Health Solutions Expands Obesity Care Network, Launches Best Practices for Treatment Programs

Withings Health Solutions added Ilant Health to its Obesity Care Network and shared best practices to improve patient monitoring, engagement and outcomes.

By Marissa Plescia

BioPharma, Pharma

BioCryst’s $700M Astria Acquisition Gives It a Shot to Beat Larger Rivals in Rare Disease HAE

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals’ Astria Therapeutics acquisition brings navenibart, a drug in Phase 3 testing for the rare disease hereditary angioedema. The injectable antibody has the potential to match the efficacy of the blockbuster Takeda Pharmaceutical drug that currently dominates the market, but with less burdensome dosing that could encourage HAE patients to switch.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

Stress Test: OBBBA, Rural Fragility, and Innovation

Clinging to our old models is equivalent to waiting for failure. We need to embrace the tools, team structures, and delivery models that this ongoing crisis demands.

By Dr. Rafid Fadul

The Future of Healthcare: Why Language & Culture are Key to Better Medicare

Clever Care CEO discussed the importance of culturally-competent care.

By MedCity News

MedCity Influencers

IVF Coverage Proposals Could Squeeze U.S. Fertility Clinics Without Improving Access

Ideas floated by the Trump Administration and Democrats in Congress aim to expand access to fertility treatment as an essential health benefit. But an influx of patients could collide with an already-brittle system of 430,000 annual cycles, 5,000 embryologists, and long-overdue lab upgrades.

By Hans Gangeskar

Verily Launches New Telemedicine Service & AI Health Tool

Verily launches a new consumer health app and the gaps it will address.

By MedCity News

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Verily Launches Free Consumer Health App to Put AI-Powered Insights in Users’ Hands

Verily has launched a free consumer health app that aggregates users’ medical records, helps them track their habits and delivers personalized preventive care recommendations. The app also features an AI-powered health assistant that contextualizes users’ data.

By Katie Adams

Health Tech

Cohere Health Teams Up with Microsoft to Advance Prior Authorization Using Ambient Listening

Cohere Health and Microsoft have teamed up to use ambient listening and AI to simplify and speed up the prior authorization process, part of a broader industry shift toward reducing paperwork and improving care at the point of service.

By Marissa Plescia

BioPharma

FDA Unveils First 9 Picks for Pilot Program Speeding Up Review of ‘National Priority’ Products

Drugs selected for the FDA’s new Commissioner’s National Priority Review Voucher pilot program could receive a regulatory decision in two months or less. Qualifying product candidates must address a national priority, such as filling an unmet medical need or boosting domestic drug manufacturing.

By Frank Vinluan

MedCity Influencers

How Senior Care Bounced Back – And What Smart Leaders Can Learn From It

With life expectancy rising again post-pandemic, Americans increasingly are turning to senior communities.

By Joel Theisen

MedCity Influencers

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Why It’s Time for In-Home Care to Catch Up to the Value-Based Care Movement

The move toward value-based care is inevitable and in-home care must not be left behind. To realize the full potential, here are a few key shifts that must happen.

By Kirk Allen

MedCity Influencers

The Bot Will See You Now: Why Clinicians Need AI Accountability

Instead of taking a blind-trust approach to automation, consider a humans-in-the-loop strategy.

By Anthony Tedeschi

MedCitizens

StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups

Check out news from Oral Genome, Planyear, Graph AI, Vega Health and more.

By Stephanie Baum

Policy Providers,

Dr. Oz Says the Medicaid Program is Complicit in ‘Legalized Money Laundering’

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said that Medicaid’s rapid spending growth is unsustainable and criticized state financing tactics that let providers and governments “game” the system for extra federal funds. He said CMS is shifting its fraud strategy to follow the flow of money rather than just individual offenders in an effort to ensure health dollars are used for legitimate care.

By Katie Adams