Physicians are divided over how the massive Republican budget bill moving through Congress would insulate doctors from future Medicare cuts without continuing financial incentives to provide better care through alternative payment models.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled eight people he has chosen to serve on the CDC's vaccine advisory panel – just two days after taking the unprecedented step of removing all 17 sitting members.
Roper St. Francis is beginning construction on a more than 1 billion project bringing a brand-new hospital to North Charleston by 2029 to replace its current downtown Charleston campus. The hospital will be located off of Mall Drive behind the North Charleston City Hall. The campus is 27 acres and will feature a full-service 24-hour emergency department, operating rooms, inpatient units, a medical office building housing outpatient and specialty services and a vegetated green belt connecting facilities across the campus.
Progyny has joined Amazon's Health Benefits Connector as the first comprehensive women's health and family building solution, enabling eligible customers to discover and enroll in fertility, family building, and menopause benefits through the platform. The collaboration addresses a significant access challenge, as nearly 25% of U.S. adults report not understanding what benefits are available through their health plans. Amazon's Health Benefits Connector simplifies this process by connecting individuals with trusted healthcare solutions through a streamlined enrollment process.
Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday approved a measure that targets out-of-state doctors and activists who prescribe, sell, or provide pregnancy-ending drugs to residents in the reliably red state where abortions are banned with few exceptions. Louisiana law already allows women to sue doctors who perform abortions on them in the state. The bill expands who can be sued. It includes those out of the state, who may be responsible for an illegal abortion whether that be mailing, prescribing or 'coordinating the sale of' pregnancy-ending pills to someone in Louisiana.