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What matters just as much — if not more — is everything around that number: how customers adopt the product, how sales actually happen, and whether the company is building something that can scale inside a complex, regulated system. The post Revenue Isn’t the Signal: What Early-Stage Health Tech Investors Should Be Watching Instead appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →A consultant who has analyzed healthcare policy over many decades declares that MA is in the middle of a fundamental reset both in terms of market headwinds and federal scrutiny. The post Policy Expert Believes CMS is Taking “Adversial Posture” to Medicare Advantage appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →UnitedHealthcare is exempting rural providers from most prior authorization requirements. The post UnitedHealthcare Expands Rural Healthcare Initiatives, Reduces Prior Auth Requirements appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →A new Medicare prior authorization test is delaying care at Washington state hospitals – and should be scrapped, senator says.
Read full article →Naming a former Imperial Brands executive for a CDC job is the latest example, advocates say, of tobacco industry influence in Trump administration.
Read full article →At AACR, there was talk of Chinese biotech's place in cancer research, oncology’s comms issue, and more.
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Read full article →Suicide rates among young people dropped 11% after the U.S. launched the 988 national suicide and crisis hotline, a new study shows
Read full article →After gene therapy for a rare form of deafness, 90% of participants in a clinical trial in China had significant improvement in hearing.
Read full article →Everything you need to know about biotech today from The Readout newsletter
Read full article →The Trump administration has dropped a plan for insurers to provide cheap weight loss drugs to seniors through a Medicare pilot program
Read full article →Flu shot no longer mandated for U.S. troops, "healthy" snacks, and other news from Morning Rounds
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