The World ’s Most Expensive Drug Is Now a $4.25 Million Gene Therapy
A new gene therapy for an ultra-rare disease will have a wholesale cost of $4.25 million, making it the world’s most expensive drug.
The one-time treatment, Lenmeldy, won U.S. regulatory approval on Monday to correct the underlying cause of a hereditary condition called early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD.
MLD is a fatal disease in which infants sometimes start to lose the ability to walk and talk. Orchard Therapeutics said the drug’s price “reflects its clinical, economic and societal value” in a statement Wednesday.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gerry Smith/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
California doctors struggle to treat Medicaid patients because state rates haven ’t kept up
When Hunter Morgan bought an optometry practice in Southern California three years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid — the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people. The previous owners had not accepted patients on Medicaid, which…#huntermorgan #southerncalifornia #medicaid #encinitas #sandiego #gavinnewsom #legislature #medical #nt #newsom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
California Wants to Pay Doctors More Money to See Medicaid Patients
(MedPage Today) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Hunter Morgan, OD, bought an optometry practice in Southern California 3 years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid -- the government-funded health insurance... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 21, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients
California wants to pay doctors more money to convince them to see more Medicaid patients (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Pro-Life Groups Want IVF Regulated; Private Equity Eyes Autism; Medicaid Takes Homes
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
Anti-abortion Groups Want IVF Regulation
Following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The post-Roe abortion paradox
Abortion rights activists stage a sit-in just outside of the White House security fence to denounce the US Supreme Court’s decision to end federal abortion rights protections, in July 2022. | Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Why abortion in the US has gone up To understand the…#ussupremecourts #kentnishimura #losangelestimes #roevwade #guttmacherinstitute #isaacmaddowzimet #medicaid #supremecourts #dobbs #maddowzimet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the nation's poor
The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth that has disrupted payments to U.S. doctors and healthcare facilities nationwide for a month, has taken an especially harsh toll on the community health centers that serve more than 30 million poor and uninsured patients. Many large healthcare centers have…#unitedhealth #medicaid #changehealthcare #indiana #illinois #kristinegeorges #tuliptree #usmedicaid #juliaskapik #medicare (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nevada judge blocks state from limiting Medicaid coverage for abortions
A Nevada judge has ordered the state to grant Medicaid coverage for abortions without any restrictions (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Decision Aid Improved Understanding of Tubal Sterilization
(MedPage Today) -- Use of a decision aid tool helped pregnant Medicaid patients interested in tubal sterilization achieve a higher level of understanding and less decisional conflict about the procedure compared with usual care, a multisite randomized... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - March 19, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Medicare $$ Needed to Help State-Licensed Emergency Centers Survive, Lawmakers Told
(MedPage Today) -- If freestanding emergency centers (FECs) are to survive and help underserved rural communities, they should be allowed to receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, which they cannot currently do, an FEC executive told members... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 19, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Don ’ t Be Surprised If Your Doctor Starts Charging You for Email
Doctors are starting to charge for responding to email, and other offline tasks. Is it justified or just extra costs in an endless stream of medical bills?
It’s 6 pm and you might expect your doctor’s workday to be complete after a busy patient load. Yet for majority, work has just begun. It’s time to open their patient portal, review test results, answer piles of patient email. Then they do whatever needs to be done, like ordering more tests or consults.
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Patient portals have improved access to test results and physicians. Day or night, you can review yo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Glatter and Jesse Pines Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients
Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin are getting access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
3 Tricky Decisions for Every Retirement Plan
Retirement planning is complicated. A shrinking share of retirees will be able to rely on pensions, so more and more people have to find retirement income elsewhere and navigate issues like managing taxes while withdrawing from different kinds of accounts, when to take required minimum…#medicare #medicaid #kerrypechter #socialsecurity #mikepiper (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Initiative to Increase Investments in Person-Centered Primary Care
Announcement of a new model from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid for primary care providers in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The model offers participating providers advanced payments for flexibility and access to resources for optimal primary care delivery. The model will incorporate health equity and address health disparities by targeting low revenue ACOs. The model begins January 1, 2025 for approximately 130 ACOs. Interested organizations much apply for or renew their ACO status between May 20 and June 17 in order to participate in the model. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - March 19, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Donald Trump plans to revert to pre-Obamacare health care policies
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is zeroing in on one familiar campaign promise: He wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In the months since Trump first reignited calls to “terminate” the ACA, he has repeated his public attacks at least seven…#donaldtrump #affordablecareact #trump #aca #enrollment #republicanparty #democrats #republicans #medicaid #medicare (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
