Highlights of the important and interesting in the world of healthcare:
Senate gives physicians a reprieve. The Senate has passed by unanimous consent legislation temporarily halting the 23 percent cut in physician payments under Medicare that was scheduled to take effect on Dec. 1, reports MedPage Today.
Healthcare law in hostile hands. The tectonic movement in state politics across the country after the Nov. 2 election has left the healthcare law in hostile hands in many places, just as responsibility for carrying out the law begins to fall most heavily on the states, according to the New York Times.
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.
Americans avoid costly healthcare. Among the world’s health citizens, those in one nation over all the others are most likely to postpone healthcare because of its cost: Americans, according to the HEALTHPopuli blog.
Bootcamp for women angels. Dawn Barber, co-founder of NY Tech Meetup, never has had the money to invest in companies pitched in her investor forum. Now, Barber is applying to the Pipeline Fund Fellowship, a new program for women who want to learn the ins and outs of angel investing, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.
Berwick squares off against Congress. Previewing the partisan healthcare battle to come, the Obama administration’s new head of Medicare and Medicaid, Dr. Donald Berwick, squared off against irritated Republicans on Capitol Hill for the first time Wednesday in a renewed debate over the healthcare overhaul, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Nurses missing from reform discussion. In all the talk about saving the ship known as our healthcare system from sinking, one group of care providers has been conspicuously missing. The nurses, according to the New York Times.
