Electronic health record giant Epic Systems is working with medical care providers and two of the nation’s largest health insurers to speed prior authorization reviews.
Centene, one of the nation’s largest providers of Obamacare, said chief financial officer Drew Asher plans to step down as chief financial officer in December.
The Tribeca and Eli Lilly “Vital Stories” program at the Tribeca Film Festival premiered short films Reconstructing Charlie, Run It Back and Do I Know You From Somewhere?
Political appointees of U.S. President Donald Trump have reportedly been “flagging and freezing policy-focused grant applications” to the National Institutes of Health.
“Pheromone maxxing’ has people talking about skipping showers, avoiding deodorant usage, choosing to wear sweaty shirts and even drinking one’s own urine before a date.
The FDA currently lists 12 different ongoing foodborne illness outbreaks. Four are Salmonella ones with two triggering recalls of jalapeños and eggs so far.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is proposing yet another significant change in its grant review process, moving away from numerical scores for applications.
Health insurers denied “at least 1 in 8 standard requests” when prior authorization was required across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Obamacare last year, KFF said.
The digitization of medical records, mandated by the HITECH Act of 2009, achieved near-universal adoption but brought substantial unintended consequences.
Pediatric health is critically underfunded, despite 1/3 of the global population being kids. But the ROI of investing in kids yields profound health and economic returns.