| This Week’s News | A report from Gibbins Advisors found that, overall, the healthcare space is feeling the stress of economic chaos, including Medicaid cuts, tariffs and high interest rates. A report from Gibbins Advisors found that, overall, the healthcare space is feeling the stress of economic chaos, including Medicaid cuts, tariffs and high interest rates. | | |
| A new survey from the nonprofit research group found that many Americans are increasingly worried about the cost of living, but fears over how to pay for medical insurance premiums, drug costs and copays are afflicting a supermajority (66%). A new survey from the nonprofit research group found that many Americans are increasingly worried about the cost of living, but fears over how to pay for medical insurance premiums, drug costs and copays are afflicting a supermajority (66%). | | |
| Here are some factors that tend to lead physicians to take on hospital-management roles over and above their regularly expected duties. Here are some factors that tend to lead physicians to take on hospital-management roles over and above their regularly expected duties. | | |
| Discounts represent out-of-pocket costs and come in the form of direct-to-consumer sales through manufacturer websites or via a coupon. AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Novo Nordisk and Pfizer have all listed some of their most popular drugs on the TrumpRx.gov portal. Discounts represent out-of-pocket costs and come in the form of direct-to-consumer sales through manufacturer websites or via a coupon. AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, Novo Nordisk and Pfizer have all listed some of their most popular drugs on the TrumpRx.gov portal. | | |
| The Federal Trade Commission was suing the pharmacy benefit manager over allegations it was deliberately inflating the price of insulin. Per the agreement, Express Scripts has agreed to end business practices that involved taking manufacturer rebates on wholesale drug costs without passing them on to patients. The Federal Trade Commission was suing the pharmacy benefit manager over allegations it was deliberately inflating the price of insulin. Per the agreement, Express Scripts has agreed to end business practices that involved taking manufacturer rebates on wholesale drug costs without passing them on to patients. | | |
| Neither the health system nor the applications were named. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General said they were able to perform a successful phishing attack and breach a portal lacking firewall support. The agency released a report containing the full details. Neither the health system nor the applications were named. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General said they were able to perform a successful phishing attack and breach a portal lacking firewall support. The agency released a report containing the full details. | | |
| Heated tension between state and federal AI regulators is coming, predict two attorneys subspecialized in AI startup success, data privacy and cybersecurity. Heated tension between state and federal AI regulators is coming, predict two attorneys subspecialized in AI startup success, data privacy and cybersecurity. | | |
| The new tool received $25,000 in funding after winning the grand prize in a Veterans Day pitch contest. Currently in a pilot phase, the website will help troops find shelter, be it temporary or permanent. The new tool received $25,000 in funding after winning the grand prize in a Veterans Day pitch contest. Currently in a pilot phase, the website will help troops find shelter, be it temporary or permanent. | | |
| The self-described “social network for AI agents”—humans can observe but can’t chime in—launched one week ago. But Moltbook already has an awful lot of people fussing and fighting over what it means in the grand scheme of all things AI. The self-described “social network for AI agents”—humans can observe but can’t chime in—launched one week ago. But Moltbook already has an awful lot of people fussing and fighting over what it means in the grand scheme of all things AI. | | |
| A growing chorus of academic physicians, policy experts and public health specialists is harmonizing behind the idea of licensing medical GenAI models like they’re doctors or nurses. A growing chorus of academic physicians, policy experts and public health specialists is harmonizing behind the idea of licensing medical GenAI models like they’re doctors or nurses. | | |
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