In this episode, Meghan Gutierrez, CEO of the Lymphoma Research Foundation, shares insights on how proposed NIH budget cuts could impact cancer research, the importance of stable funding for early-career scientists, and how the foundation is supporting innovation and patient…
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President Donald Trump on Oct. 10 announced an agreement with AstraZeneca to lower drug prices in the U.S. The deal includes U.K.-based AstraZeneca selling medications to Medicaid at “most-favored-nation” prices. The company will also offer many popular drugs directly to…
Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health has named Dolan Dalpoas senior vice president and chief community impact and philanthropy officer, effective Oct. 27. Mr. Dalpoas has served as president and CEO of Lincoln (Ill.) Memorial Hospital since 2006 and joined the organization…
In this episode, Gerald Oetzel, CFO of Temple Health, discusses how the organization is addressing rising healthcare costs through AI and automation, expanding access with a new women’s and family hospital, and driving growth through strategic investments in cancer care,…
The Trump administration is reversing scores of CDC layoffs after many employees were mistakenly terminated Oct. 10 through a procedural error, federal health officials told The New York Times On Oct. 10 — day 10 of the federal government shutdown…
The Coalition for Health AI is pushing back after senior White House and HHS officials accused the organization of overstepping its role in healthcare AI policy, describing it as a potential “regulatory cartel.” In an Oct. 8 post on X,…
I speak with infusion leaders every day—from major health systems to independent infusion practices—and the same challenge comes up time and again: speed and efficiency with the intake and prior authorization process. Intake and prior authorization workflows are complex, and…
A federal appeals court vacated a $20 million jury verdict in a knee surgery device patent suit, according to an Oct. 7 report from Vital Law. The court determined that Rasmussen Instruments did not have standing in its patent infringement…
Zimmer Biomet has completed its $177 million acquisition of Monogram Technologies, an orthopedic robotics company. The acquisition expands Zimmer’s suite of orthopedic robotics by adding Monogram’s semi-autonomous robotic technologies, according to an Oct. 7 news release from Zimmer Biomet. Monogram…
A total of 338 hospitals in the U.S. have a central line-associated bloodstream infection rate of zero, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. The Healthcare-Associated Infections dataset, updated Aug. 6, includes performance data for five types of…