Communities ask, where is the equity in vaccines?
Areas that have been hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic are falling short when it comes to vaccine access. Community leaders are pushing to bring vaccination sites to their neighborhoods.
Oklahoma pulls Medicaid expansion plans over funding concerns
Citing a lack of funding, Oklahoma scrapped its plans for Medicaid expansion. The state was one of the first to apply to expand Medicaid using block grants, which would give it a fixed amount of funding for the program.
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.
Report: Okla. judge acknowledges miscalculating part of $572M charge for J&J in opioids case
In other news, the three largest pharmaceutical distributors in the country - AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health - were reportedly in talks to settle opioid litigation for $18 billion.
Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572M in Oklahoma opioid lawsuit
While higher than the amounts that Purdue and Teva had to pay, an analyst wrote that the judgment is lower than what the state attorney general had sought. J&J said it plans to appeal the decision.
Aetna forced to pay $25M after denying coverage to cancer patient
Jurors ordered the payment after ruling that Aetna failed to deal in good faith in determining whether or not to cover proton beam therapy for Orrana Cunningham, a Oklahoma woman suffering from nasopharyngeal cance
How to measure ROI of telemedicine: An Oklahoma health system shares some insights
ROI has been—and continues to be—a central theme during the multiphase telemedicine rollout at INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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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.
Morning Read: Did Rick Perry influence investigation of Oklahoma surgeon?
Plus, Health Affairs examines the potential of Medicare ACOs, BCBS of New Mexico faces questions of "deceptive business practices" and PhRMA fights back against suspicion of price gouging.
AliveCor founder takes on new challenge: Child asthma
An estimated 6.8 million children have asthma, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control. Owlpal sees the room in the market for a digital health app for parents that automonitors children with asthma.
FDA plans to use $43K a year on Twitter, Facebook. This sequestration spend outrages some Republicans
The FDA could spend up to $182,000 over the next four years on its social media plans. The money goes to IB5k, which helped President Obama with his first campaign for the White House, as well as doing some work for leading Republicans, according to Politico. Overall, according to the RFQ, the job involves: By […]
FDA-cleared iPhone app measures balance as a part of concussion screening on the sidelines
A concussion can manifest itself a variety of ways, from a headache to impaired memory to slurred speech. That’s why athletic trainers, nurses and physicians have a growing toolkit of assessment techniques for evaluating athletes who undergo a blow or jolt to the head. One piece that’s missing from that toolkit, according to Oklahoma entrepreneur […]
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Medical-industrial complex wants Medicaid expansion to delay price transparency
The strongest advocate for expanding Medicaid—and the likely source of funding for the massive advertising campaign—is the hospital lobby. We hear that hospitals are going broke. They can’t make ends meet. The uninsured are breaking the hospitals’ backs from emergency room over-utilization. Hospitals won’t survive unless Medicaid is expanded. (This is the most interesting claim, […]
Here are the 10 states under the gun to do something on online insurance markets
With a federal deadline looming Friday, 10 states remain undecided about whether to build state-based online insurance markets designed to help millions of people buy health coverage starting next October. Still wrestling with the decision are Idaho...