Introduction The pharmaceutical business model requires pharmaceuticals that are “effective” enough to somehow justify pushing them on patients but not effective enough to actually fix the issue the drug is prescribed for, thus requiring each patient to take the drug indefinitely. Furthermore, the larger the potential drug market is, the more aggressively the pharmaceutical industry… Read More »
During its 2021-2022 session, the Supreme Court will hear 31 cases. Eight of those cases involve some aspect of healthcare, including three cases that deal in some way with abortion. Below is a list of the cases involving healthcare that will be on the Supreme Court docket. American Hospital Association v. Becerra: Under a federal… Read More »
Google struck a deal with national hospital chain HCA Healthcare to use its patient data to develop algorithms that could guide doctors’ medical decisions, increasing the tech giant’s foothold in the healthcare sector. HCA, which operates 181 hospitals and more than 2,000 healthcare sites in 21 states, would give Google anonymized data from patient health… Read More »
Dive Brief: Cigna will offer behavioral health coaching as an in-network benefit to 14 million customers through its partnership with virtual mental health service provider Ginger, the companies announced April 28. Ginger provides Cigna customers with employer-sponsored or individual and family insurance plans with behavioral health coaching, therapy and psychiatry services through its app. Its… Read More »