DocGo agrees to acquire virtual care provider Hicuity Health, assumes $52M debt
DocGo is acquiring the virtual care provider by assuming approximately $52 million in existing debt.
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As healthcare costs weigh on patients, states could play a bigger role, report finds
Recent Commonwealth Fund reports outline the nation's grievances with rising healthcare costs and the greater role states could take in protecting those most at risk.
Read full article →Innovaccer, Mastek ink strategic partnership to scale agentic AI in healthcare globally
Mastek will join Innovaccer’s Platinum GSI program as the company works to expand into the U.K. and Europe.
Read full article →Kindergarten MMR vaccine coverage still below ideal rate to prevent outbreaks: CDC
Vaccination coverage for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) among kindergarteners in the U.S. remains below the ideal rate needed to best prevent widespread outbreaks, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the…
Read full article →Fauci declines to sit for transcribed interview with Sen. Ron Johnson
Former White House COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) he will not appear for a transcribed interview with the senator's investigations subcommittee regarding Fauci's role in the government’s pandemic response. In a letter sent to Johnson…
Read full article →The Rise of Consumer Diagnostics and Emerging Trends
Consumer diagnostics will be one of several discussions at the INVEST Digital Health conference focused on power shifting to the consumer in healthcare. The conference is scheduled for October 29 in Dallas at Pegasus Park, in partnership with Health Wildcatters.…
Read full article →Healthcare Is Deploying AI Tools — It’s Not Ready for AI Colleagues
Most healthcare organizations are experimenting with AI. Few are preparing to manage AI agents as participants in everyday healthcare workflows. The post Healthcare Is Deploying AI Tools — It’s Not Ready for AI Colleagues appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →STAT+: The IRS is probing UnitedHealth, and a private equity slowdown
UnitedHealth faces an investigation over tax payments, and we examine why PE deals for doctor groups are slowing.
Read full article →STAT+: Akeso and Summit’s lung cancer drug shows worsening tumor-progression benefit
Europe pulls Tavneos over trial integrity concerns, pricing concerns over AstraZeneca's hypertension drug, and more biotech news from The Readout
Read full article →STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an AstraZeneca setback, falling U.S. drug prices, and more
AstraZeneca is discontinuing a late-stage drug trial in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, extending a run of setbacks
Read full article →This Fetus Had a Parasitic Twin in an Unusual Location
(MedPage Today) -- An expectant mother learned her fetus had an extremely rare and life-threatening congenital anomaly, but a carefully executed procedure helped ensure a good outcome. After a local clinic identified a tumor around the face of...
Read full article →Despite Vaccines, Most U.S. Adults Not Immune to Hepatitis A or B
(MedPage Today) -- Even with effective vaccines available, most U.S. adults don't have immunity to either the hepatitis A or B virus (HAV, HBV), according to a cross-sectional analysis, and recent federal vaccine recommendations could push immunity...
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