Health

Tortugas Neuroscience launched from stealth Tuesday with $106 million to support a pipeline of four in-licensed drugs in clinical development for a range of central nervous system indications. The programs …

For years, payment integrity was built around simple assumptions: errors can be fixed after payment. In today’s environment of rising medical costs and accelerating claims volume, that approach isn’t sustainable. …

UnitedHealthcare is expanding its rural health initiatives, including exempting rural providers from most medical prior authorization requirements by the fall of 2026, it announced on Monday. The prior authorization exemption …

At the annual Medicarians conference in Las Vegas on Monday, an analyst on Medicare Advantage policy research sounded the alarm about how there’s a fundamental shift in attitude towards MA …

Eli Lilly is expanding its reach in genetic medicines with a multi-billion dollar deal to acquire Kelonia Therapeutics, a startup whose most advanced drug candidate is a cell therapy in …

Workplace violence is a persistent and worsening problem in healthcare. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare workers are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than those …

Across the country, nurse leaders are rethinking how care is delivered and what it means to lead through transformation. The past few years have shown us that traditional nursing models …

Obsidian Therapeutics is merging with Galera Therapeutics to advance clinical development of a pipeline led by a next-generation cell therapy for melanoma that could offer advantages over the only cell …

In May 2024, Shah Capital, a hedge fund in North Carolina, withdrew from its proxy fight against Novavax’s board of directors when the vaccine maker announced a billion-dollar deal with …

Knee, hip and ankle replacements are among the most frequent surgeries for people with Medicare. That’s why since 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been experimenting with …