20+ hour, 32+ min ago   (442+ words) A pharmacy error at an Ascension hospital in Nashville left four joint replacement patients injected with potassium phosphate instead of spinal anesthetic. The mix-up paralyzed one patient and harmed the other three. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now probing…...

22+ hour, 24+ min ago   (366+ words) Expressable has joined Amazon’s Health Benefits Connector to help families access virtual speech therapy through their insurance. Expressable, a speech therapy provider, has joined Amazon’s Health Benefits Connector, the company announced last week. The Health Benefits Connector helps match Amazon…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (538+ words) Metabolic psychiatry has moved past being a fringe theory. It is a practical, evidence-based necessity for a field that has been stagnant for too long. At a moment when the country is debating everything from psychiatric overprescribing to the rise…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (476+ words) Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s drug is designed to activate a receptor in skeletal muscle to both increase muscle mass and reduce fat. This engineered peptide gives Roche a clinical-stage asset that addresses a different target than the other obesity drugs in its…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (133+ words) MedCity News Healthcare payers face growing FWA risks that are outpacing traditional controls. While recoveries remain important, they are costly, burdensome, and often less effective than preventing inappropriate payments before they occur. As improper payments continue to strain government healthcare…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (708+ words) A new paper shows Cleveland Clinic's AI scribe rollout is paying dividends in clinician satisfaction and retention. These are key metrics for hospitals to track, given they spend millions on recruitment and retention efforts amid an ongoing workforce crisis. AI…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (771+ words) Abcuro will apply the capital to a study that could support a biologics license application in inclusion body myositis, a rare inflammatory disorder that leads to worsening muscle weakness. A Phase 2/3 study failed earlier this year, but Abcuro saw positive…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (396+ words) Cityblock Health plans to acquire rural healthcare provider Homeward Health and has raised $116 million to expand its value-based care model to rural and Medicare Advantage populations. Cityblock, a value-based provider, plans to acquire rural healthcare provider Homeward Health in an…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (746+ words) But the deadline that most people are not tracking, and the most worrisome, is October 1, 2026. It’s the day federal Medicaid funding ends for the country’s most vulnerable populations, including refugees, asylees, and humanitarian parolees. I’ve been in healthcare long enough…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (383+ words) Epic faced an FTC antitrust probe this week, but that didn't stop the EHR giant from unveiling a wave of new AI tools at its annual conference. This week was a big one for Epic — the EHR giant hosted its…...