Category: Press Release

Wearables and other digital health solutions are associated with physical activity gains in stroke survivors, the American Journal of Managed Care reported. The tech tools weren’t as effective with weight management of poststroke patients, according to the meta-review by Cleveland Clinic researchers. “The most impressive results, or the most meaningful results, come where there is […]

CMS unveiled a Feb. 9 proposal to reshape the federal health insurance marketplace, with proposed changes aimed at cutting healthcare costs, promoting competition and improving program integrity, according to the agency.  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, introduced the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027, which would […]

As executive vice president and chief medical officer of Adventist HealthCare, Patsy McNeil, MD, delivers an unconventional message to new physicians: the importance of knowing when to say no when asked to take on responsibilities beyond their primary role. She shares that message with every cohort that comes through the Gaithersburg, Md.-based health system’s physician […]

A majority of nurses who left bedside roles in recent years are willing to return, with adequate staffing levels cited as the main factor that would reattract them, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia. The study, published Feb. 9 in JAMA Network Open, is […]

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente recorded an operating income of $1.4 billion (1.1% operating margin) in 2025, up from an operating income of $569 million (0.5% margin) in 2024, according to its Feb. 6 financial report.  Kaiser’s results for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, include Risant Health, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit it formed “to expand […]

Two days after offering compounded versions of oral Wegovy, telehealth company Hims & Hers pulled the product from its platform amid pressure from HHS and Novo Nordisk.  On Feb. 5, Hims & Hers began selling compounded formulations of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill, which the FDA approved in December, for $99 per month’s supply. The same […]

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is accelerating its push into outpatient care, building on years of aggressive urgent care expansion and a growing slate of freestanding emergency departments as care continues to shift toward lower-cost, more convenient settings. In early February, HCA announced two Texas acquisitions that expand its urgent care and freestanding emergency department footprint, […]

Republicans have hitched themselves to the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, banking on its popularity to give them an electoral bounce. But the strategy carries risks. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist who rails against Big Pharma and ultraprocessed food, is the leader of the movement. And Americans’ […]