Turmoil at the American Diabetes Association has taken a fresh turn, with leaders blocking editors at its flagship journal from publishing an opinion piece and first-person accounts detailing a high-profile controversy at the group’s own annual meeting just last month. Nearly five weeks after five diabetes specialists were escorted out of a convention center in…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Venture capital funding for digital health startups spiked in the first half of the year, but investment is continuing to concentrate in a smaller number of firms, according to research published Monday by Rock Health….
Bettina Vanover, Regulatory Compliance Principal at HealthEdge Most health plans approach regulatory deadlines in a sequential order. They establish separate implementation strategies and initiatives, prioritizing each program based on the looming compliance date. While this methodology is understandable, it also introduces inherent risks for rules that share workflow, data, governance and vendor dependencies. The uncertainty…
Chintan Desai, president of Asia Pacific region, Zimmer Biomet. Courtesy of Zimmer Biomet Name: Chintan Desai New title: President of Asia Pacific region, Zimmer Biomet Previous title: Vice president and general manager of international growth and export markets, Alcon Zimmer Biomet said Tuesday it has appointed Chintan Desai president of its Asia Pacific region,…
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Well, sort of. The skies in these parts are decidedly hazy thanks to smoky conditions to the north. Nonetheless, we are doing our best to take a deep breath and focus on the matters at hand. To that end, we are firing up…
Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Elevance Health is shrinking its Medicaid business, worried about future profits in the beleaguered safety-net insurance program. The insurer is leaving Washington, D.C.’s Medicaid market this summer, and plans to exit additional Medicaid markets over the next…
What You Should Know KLAS Research Global HIT Trends 2026 Report, reveals for the first time in history, artificial intelligence has emerged as the number-one healthcare IT investment priority across every single global region tracked outside the United States. While execution pressure is mounting, the market remains in an introductory phase, with 37% of organizations…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Vicarious Surgical’s board of directors is recommending shareholders of the robot developer approve a plan to dissolve the company and liquidate its assets in an insolvency procedure. In a June 22 notice, the board said Vicarious has…
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death Saturday at age 71 following an aortic dissection has focused attention on the life-threatening condition. Details about his diagnosis and treatment are not available while a final death certificate is pending, but experts agree on both how serious it is and how suddenly it erupts after a long prelude. One cardiothoracic…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A federal judge has tossed out another lawsuit against billing intermediary HaloMD for allegedly gaming the process set up by the No Surprises Act to determine payment for out-of-network claims. Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare…