Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Friday granted accelerated approval to camizestrant (Etcamah) for treating hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer at the first sign of ESR1 resistance mutations during first-line treatment. Camizestrant...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The emergence of the synthetic opioid cychlorphine (N-propionitrile chlorphine) in recent years has physicians and public health experts worried. The street drug has been linked to at least 55 deaths nationally from 2025 to...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Jason Arday resigned his Cambridge professorship on August 5, 2026, after weeks of headlines accusing him of plagiarizing his PhD thesis and embellishing his own life story. Nine days later he was found dead at 41. Just…
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Lindsay Clancy murder trial, which was just declared a mistrial, has forced the public to confront extraordinarily difficult questions about postpartum mental illness, criminal responsibility, and psychiatric care. But one...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Once again, a beta-blocker failed to prove beneficial in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without cardiovascular disease in a randomized trial. In BRONCHIOLE, people randomized to metoprolol plus standard...
Read full article →The Trump administration is cracking down further on durable medical equipment suppliers as part of its broader push to root out fraud.
Read full article →Astra Health's five founding members, who serve more than half a million patients annually, hope to improve quality and trim costs at scale while maintaining their independence.
Read full article →Health tech startup Forus banked $150 million in series C funding as it aims to expand its artificial intelligence-powered network to more medical specialties and care settings.
Read full article →The planned affiliation between Cambia Health Solutions and Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield has taken another step forward.
Read full article →The path forward requires much more than whack-a-mole point solution replacement. It requires a more critical look at redesigning the entire workflow architecture The post Is Radiology at a Structural Breaking Point? What Will Move It to a Better Future?…
Read full article →[Sponsored] The 2026 Healthcare AI Readiness Index, a new report by Cotiviti and MedCity News, is based on a survey of 70 healthcare leaders over the summer and shares candid views of how they balance harnessing AI with operational, regulatory…
Read full article →UnitedHealth execs shower a top Democrats with cash, and the No Surprises Act debate heats up.
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