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Pharma
CMS Pressed to Cover Leqembi After FDA Fast-Tracks Approval of Alzheimer's Drug
Without insurance coverage, out-of-pocket costs for the drug will average about $26,500 per patient per year.
Covid-19
Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why.
Medicare's COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022. The growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives...
Technology
New Project Trains AI on a Hard-to-Diagnose Cardiac Issue
A start-up from the Mayo Clinic orbit is partnering with Pfizer to develop an AI-enhanced ECG that can detect cardiac...
Marketing
As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush to Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?
The issue for regulators is whether sampling kits can be reliably adapted for in-home use.
Strategy
Sutter Health Will Pay $13M to Settle False Claims Allegations
DOJ says Sutter billed government payers for urine tests performed by third-party labs.
Innovation
Illumina Unveils Faster, Cheaper, 'Production Scale' Genome Sequencer
Illumina's partners say they believe the company will continue to improve the speed and continue to lower the price.
Pharma
Pioneer in Castleman's Disease Launches Nonprofit Drug Repurposing Organization
David Fajgenbaum and Grant Mitchell unveil Every Cure at Clinton Global Initiative.
Revenue Cycle
Telehealth Diagnoses Match In-Person Clinical Visit Diagnoses in 86.9% of Cases, Study Finds
Concordance between telehealth diagnoses and in-person visit diagnoses was lowest when in-person visit diagnoses involved physical examination, neurological testing, or...
Covid-19
Paxlovid rebound raises questions, but studies have answers
Biden's rebound is far from the first, although they are reportedly "rare."
Clinical Care
Leapfrog Makes Recommendations to Reduce Diagnostic Errors at Hospitals
The patient safety group has set two categories for its recommended practices? Organizational Leadership & Systems and the Diagnostic Process.
Clinical Care
Extensive Patient Candidate Evaluation Key Element of New Long COVID Clinic
At the AdventHealth Post-COVID Clinic, new patients are evaluated by primary care, behavioral health, and physical therapy staff.
Innovation
Q&A: Dr. Leon Fine Talks About Cedars-Sinai's Center for the Undiagnosed Patient
The Center for the Undiagnosed Patient at Cedars-Sinai takes on healthcare's most perplexing cases, and has helped several patients get...