SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many low-income Californians prescribed wildly popular weight loss drugs lost their coverage for the medications at the start of the new year. Health officials are recommending diet and exercise as alternatives to heavily advertised weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, advice experts say is unrealistic. “Of course he tried eating well […]
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NEW ORLEANS — From the outside, the abandoned Family Dollar store in the Lower 9th Ward looks intimidating. It’s covered in graffiti, with aluminum cans and trash dotting the parking lot. It sits on a street with other empty lots and decayed buildings — symbols of the lasting devastation this neighborhood, one of the city’s […]
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NUEVA ORLEANS, Louisiana. — Desde afuera, el antiguo local de la tienda Family Dollar, en el 9th Ward, luce intimidante. Está cubierto de grafitis y en el estacionamiento hay latas de aluminio y basura. Está ubicado en una calle con otros terrenos baldíos y edificios en ruinas: símbolos de la devastación persistente que este vecindario, […]
Continue ReadingThe Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A […]
Continue ReadingAs drug pricing pressure intensifies and benefit structures shift, some health systems are still treating biosimilars as a selective cost lever — deploying them in certain payer segments while preserving legacy models elsewhere. Geisinger made a different call. Rather than adopting biosimilars incrementally, the Danville, Pa.-based health system moved to a biosimilar-first strategy across all […]
Continue ReadingRobert Cavagnol, MD, was appointed president for Carle Health’s Bloomington-Normal Service Area. Dr. Cavagnol will step into the role Feb. 2, succeeding Colleen Kannaday, who is retiring after 15 years leading Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Ill., and Carle Eureka (Ill.) Hospital, according to a Jan. 7 news release from the health system. As […]
Continue ReadingYork, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is migrating its entire technology infrastructure to the cloud through a partnership with Amazon Web Services. The health system will transition its applications, data and IT environments from traditional data centers to AWS, with the migration expected to be completed by April 2026, according to a Jan. 8 news release. The […]
Continue ReadingFormer Jefferson Health CEO Stephen Klasko, MD, and Providence CEO emeritus Rod Hochman, MD, have joined the governance and advisory ranks of AmplifyMD. Dr. Klasko has been appointed to the board of directors, and Dr. Hochman has joined as a strategic advisor, according to a Jan. 8 news release from AmplifyMD. The company is a […]
Continue ReadingPrimary care providers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus have joined the Mercy Health Select Accountable Care Organization. The partnership took effect Jan. 1 is expected to improve care coordination and outcomes for Medicare patients, health system officials said in a Jan. 8 news release. Mercy Health Select participates in the […]
Continue ReadingGoodRx has named 20 medications and vaccines as the most influential FDA approvals of 2025, spotlighting first-in-class drugs, new indications, and therapies with the potential to significantly affect public health. 1. Nereus (tradipitant) for motion sickness: Approved Dec. 30, Nereus is the first new prescription drug in decades for motion sickness. The oral capsule works […]
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