Plus, women physicians still get paid much less than male counterparts, Shire wins FDA approval for major pipeline drug and Australia says AIDS is no longer a public-health issue.
Meiram Bendat, a Los Angeles-based lawyer who has filed several lawsuits against insurers alleging violations of the parity law, voiced skepticism about how effective a task force might be.
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.
"Fetishizing phones above every other value can't be the right answer."
We're heading into the 2016 elections, after all, where we've got candidates on both sides of the aisle reviling the drug pricing of the pharmaceutical industry. The Precision Medicine Initiative could help convince the public that the biopharmaceutical industry isn't completely stuffed with bad guys.
Today, we debut a new, weekly feature looking at five interesting general technology stories that people in healthcare should pay attention to.
Republicans aren't taking no for an answer when it comes to repealing the medical device tax.
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.
The president promises to visit the community that makes the most progress toward reducing the uninsured rate during this ACA enrollment period.
Extra correspondent Jerry Penacoli successfully battled melanoma and thyroid cancer, and he credits Obamacare for saving his life.
President Obama will try to budget $215 million for his new precision medicine program, with plans to build a huge database that contains the genetic information, medical records and other information of more than a million Americans. It’ll largely involve aggregating already-existing patient data from volunteers, with the intent to help doctors and researchers understand […]
We might get Congress behind a medical device tax repeal, but the President? Less likely, according to The Hill, which compiled a list of important legislation that’ll be put forth this year to get a sign off from President Obama. Ranking sixth of eighth? The medical device tax – meaning that despite all the ballyhooing around the levy, it’s still pretty […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Immigration rights’ activists largely cheered President Obama’s recent executive order that would permit certain people already in the U.S. to stay in the country, but in California, it may also be a boon for expanded MediCal enrollments. Assuming it holds, the order announced last week would affect some 5 million people of immigrant status. Currently, the Affordable […]