Critics call for transparency in a federal hospital funding stream By HPN Staff Key Points The federal 340B program, originally designed to help safety-net hospitals fund uncompensated care, has grown dramatically and now faces scrut... Read more Study points to dangers of pure fentanyl overdose deaths for U.S. youth By HPN Staff Key Points A Pediatrics study found a 168% increase in overdose deaths among people aged 15–24 caused by fentanyl alone, signaling a shift from mixed-dru... Read more Senate considers bill to tackle Medicare Advantage upcoding costs By HPN Staff Key Points The No UPCODE Act, introduced by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), aims to change how Medicare Advantage (MA) payments are... Read more Consumers are capable of weighing market tradeoffs in the healthcare industry By Brian Miller Key Points Despite federal rules since 2020 requiring hospitals to disclose prices for shoppable services, compliance remains poor: more than half of ... Read more Stem cell therapy shows promise in treating lifelong disease By HPN Staff Key Points In a trial of 12 patients with type 1 diabetes, 10 were cured and 2 saw major improvement using the stem cell therapy Zimislecel. T... Read more Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows By HPN Staff Key Points 36% of adults reported skipping or delaying care due to high costs, with women and the uninsured disproportionately affected. 21% o... Read more FDA’s top vaccine official returns to post after controversial resignation By HPN Staff Key Points Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after controversy over halting Sarepta’s g... Read more The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California MOST VIEWED 1 Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows 2 Small creature with a big bite — what you need to know 3 Pharma advances non-opioid pain drugs 4 RFK Jr. unveils campaign to boost wearable health devices DONATE
Study points to dangers of pure fentanyl overdose deaths for U.S. youth By HPN Staff Key Points A Pediatrics study found a 168% increase in overdose deaths among people aged 15–24 caused by fentanyl alone, signaling a shift from mixed-dru... Read more Senate considers bill to tackle Medicare Advantage upcoding costs By HPN Staff Key Points The No UPCODE Act, introduced by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), aims to change how Medicare Advantage (MA) payments are... Read more Consumers are capable of weighing market tradeoffs in the healthcare industry By Brian Miller Key Points Despite federal rules since 2020 requiring hospitals to disclose prices for shoppable services, compliance remains poor: more than half of ... Read more Stem cell therapy shows promise in treating lifelong disease By HPN Staff Key Points In a trial of 12 patients with type 1 diabetes, 10 were cured and 2 saw major improvement using the stem cell therapy Zimislecel. T... Read more Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows By HPN Staff Key Points 36% of adults reported skipping or delaying care due to high costs, with women and the uninsured disproportionately affected. 21% o... Read more FDA’s top vaccine official returns to post after controversial resignation By HPN Staff Key Points Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after controversy over halting Sarepta’s g... Read more The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California MOST VIEWED 1 Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows 2 Small creature with a big bite — what you need to know 3 Pharma advances non-opioid pain drugs 4 RFK Jr. unveils campaign to boost wearable health devices DONATE
Senate considers bill to tackle Medicare Advantage upcoding costs By HPN Staff Key Points The No UPCODE Act, introduced by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), aims to change how Medicare Advantage (MA) payments are... Read more Consumers are capable of weighing market tradeoffs in the healthcare industry By Brian Miller Key Points Despite federal rules since 2020 requiring hospitals to disclose prices for shoppable services, compliance remains poor: more than half of ... Read more Stem cell therapy shows promise in treating lifelong disease By HPN Staff Key Points In a trial of 12 patients with type 1 diabetes, 10 were cured and 2 saw major improvement using the stem cell therapy Zimislecel. T... Read more Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows By HPN Staff Key Points 36% of adults reported skipping or delaying care due to high costs, with women and the uninsured disproportionately affected. 21% o... Read more FDA’s top vaccine official returns to post after controversial resignation By HPN Staff Key Points Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after controversy over halting Sarepta’s g... Read more The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California MOST VIEWED 1 Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows 2 Small creature with a big bite — what you need to know 3 Pharma advances non-opioid pain drugs 4 RFK Jr. unveils campaign to boost wearable health devices DONATE
Consumers are capable of weighing market tradeoffs in the healthcare industry By Brian Miller Key Points Despite federal rules since 2020 requiring hospitals to disclose prices for shoppable services, compliance remains poor: more than half of ... Read more Stem cell therapy shows promise in treating lifelong disease By HPN Staff Key Points In a trial of 12 patients with type 1 diabetes, 10 were cured and 2 saw major improvement using the stem cell therapy Zimislecel. T... Read more Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows By HPN Staff Key Points 36% of adults reported skipping or delaying care due to high costs, with women and the uninsured disproportionately affected. 21% o... Read more FDA’s top vaccine official returns to post after controversial resignation By HPN Staff Key Points Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after controversy over halting Sarepta’s g... Read more The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California
Stem cell therapy shows promise in treating lifelong disease By HPN Staff Key Points In a trial of 12 patients with type 1 diabetes, 10 were cured and 2 saw major improvement using the stem cell therapy Zimislecel. T... Read more Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows By HPN Staff Key Points 36% of adults reported skipping or delaying care due to high costs, with women and the uninsured disproportionately affected. 21% o... Read more FDA’s top vaccine official returns to post after controversial resignation By HPN Staff Key Points Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after controversy over halting Sarepta’s g... Read more The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California
Many skip doctor visits and prescriptions, new data shows By HPN Staff Key Points 36% of adults reported skipping or delaying care due to high costs, with women and the uninsured disproportionately affected. 21% o... Read more FDA’s top vaccine official returns to post after controversial resignation By HPN Staff Key Points Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after controversy over halting Sarepta’s g... Read more The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California
FDA’s top vaccine official returns to post after controversial resignation By HPN Staff Key Points Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned as head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after controversy over halting Sarepta’s g... Read more The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California
The commercial healthcare market can show what spending areas could be cut By Benedic Ippolito This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing " Making Health C... Read more Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California
Dairy sector joins voluntary food dye ban By HPN Staff The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is joining food manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and other organizations in eliminating food dyes from... Read more Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California
Plastics are everywhere — should you be concerned? By HPN Staff You will almost certainly eat or drink plastic this week. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the current scientific evidence “does not demonstr... Read more 1 2 3 Subscribe to California
