access

Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Arguments on Abortion Pill Access

A majority of the Supreme Court seemed inclined on Tuesday to reject a bid to sharply limit access to abortion pills. During about 90 minutes of argument, most of the justices seemed doubtful that the plaintiffs, who do not prescribe abortion pills or regularly treat abortion patients, even had standing to bring the challenge. The …

Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Arguments on Abortion Pill Access Read More »

Q&A: The status of the Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act

The Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act, initially introduced in the U.S. Senate in 2022 and reintroduced in March of this year, aims to amend the Social Security Act to provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for prescription digital therapeutics.  Jennifer Mathieu, senior vice president of professional and government affairs at the Academy of …

Q&A: The status of the Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act Read More »

Trilliant Health announces open access to its National Provider Directory

Analytics and market research platform Trilliant Health announced its National Provider Directory will now be publicly available and accessible via an API.  The organization’s directory contains information on 2.7 million U.S. providers with over 65 million novel and proprietary data points, including provider affiliations, practice locations and practicing specialty.  Basic access to the API will …

Trilliant Health announces open access to its National Provider Directory Read More »

CVS Caremark partners with GoodRx to expand low-cost drug access

CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefit manager and part of CVS Health, announced it is partnering with drug cost and telehealth company GoodRx to launch Caremark Cost Saver, providing Caremark’s members access to GoodRx’s lower-cost prescription pricing.   Beginning January 1, 2024, Caremark’s members can use their existing benefit card at an in-network pharmacy of their choice …

CVS Caremark partners with GoodRx to expand low-cost drug access Read More »

Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill for Now

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone. They are appealing a lower court ruling that …

Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill for Now Read More »

Supreme Court Expected to Decide on Abortion Pill Access: What to Know

WASHINGTON — The future of a commonly used abortion pill is at the center of a pitched legal battle before the Supreme Court, which is poised for the second time in a year to consider a major effort to severely limit access to abortion. The court is expected to decide by Friday night whether to …

Supreme Court Expected to Decide on Abortion Pill Access: What to Know Read More »

Google to offer limited access to medical LLM

Google has announced that Med-PaLM 2, the tech giant’s medical large language model, will be available to select Google Cloud customers in the coming weeks to share feedback, explore use cases and for limited testing.  Med-PaLM 2 is a generative AI technology that utilizes Google’s LLMs to answer medical questions.  When tested on U.S. Medical …

Google to offer limited access to medical LLM Read More »

Q&A: Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi on expanding access for Medicaid patients

The healthcare status quo for Medicaid and other underserved patients frequently leaves them in the lurch, said Cityblock Health CEO and cofounder Dr. Toyin Ajayi. They may have infrequent access to the medical system, hampered by transportation issues or the need to take time off work. Doctors’ offices can be busy, and they may not …

Q&A: Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi on expanding access for Medicaid patients Read More »

Shopping Cart