What You Should Know:
- A recent survey conducted by The Harris Poll and commissioned by Backline by DrFirst reveals a significant national shortfall in advance care planning. Only 5% of Americans currently have an advance care plan in place, and half (50%) are largely unfamiliar with the concept. The research highlights substantial emotional and practical hurdles, alongside a strong desire for healthcare provider guidance.
- Advance care planning is the process of deciding and
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CMS Launches Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model for Medicaid Sickle Cell Patients
What You Should Know:
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launches its Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model, a new approach to delivering cutting-edge treatments for people on Medicaid living with sickle cell disease.
- A total of 33 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will participate in this model, collectively representing approximately 84% of Medicaid beneficiaries with the condition, significantly expanding access to
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FFL Partners Orchestrates Merger of Abacus Group and Medicus IT
What You Should Know:
- FFL Partners (“FFL”), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in tech-enabled business services and healthcare companies, today announced the completion of the merger of its portfolio companies Abacus Group and Medicus IT. This strategic combination launches a new multi-vertical IT Managed Services Provider (“MSP”) exclusively focused on the financial services and healthcare industries. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.
- The merger
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Google Forms Consumer Health Advisory Panel: Elevating Health Tech with Expert Guidance and Responsible AI
What You Should Know:
- Google announced the formation of its Consumer Health Advisory Panel, a team of external experts who will provide clinical and scientific guidance to support the company's ongoing commitment to building helpful and reliable health technology.
- The creation of this formal panel underscores Google's dedication to developing new advancements like generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) responsibly and effectively. The panel will advise Google as it
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NVIDIA Introduces La-Proteina: A Breakthrough in Atomistic Protein Generation via Partially Latent Flow Matching
What You Should Know:
- NVIDIA Research, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and Mila – Québec AI Institute, has unveiled La-Proteina, a novel method for atomistic protein design.
- Published on arXiv on July 13, 2025, La-Proteina is designed to directly generate fully atomistic protein structures jointly with their underlying amino acid sequences, addressing a critical challenge in de novo protein design.
Optimizing Protein Design with Fixed-Dimensional Latent
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CMS Proposes 2026 Physician Fee Schedule Rule: Boosting Primary Care, Cutting Waste, and Modernizing Payments
What You Should Know:
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a proposed rule for the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).
- The proposal aims to increase quality care for Medicare recipients while significantly reducing unnecessary spending. Key initiatives include advancing primary care management through new quality measures, reducing waste in skin substitute spending, and introducing a new payment model focused on
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94% of Seniors Want to Age in Place: New 2025 Survey Reveals Tech’s Role
What You Should Know:
- A new survey conducted in June 2025 by U.S. News & World Report reveals that a vast majority of older adults (94%) desire to age in place, or grow old in their current homes and communities. As the U.S. population aged 65 and older is projected to increase significantly from 58 million in 2022 to 82 million in 2050, the role of assistive technologies in supporting this goal is becoming increasingly vital.
- The survey, which polled 1,000 U.S. adults
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Talkiatry Launches New Couples Therapy Program, Expanding Access
What You Should Know:
- Talkiatry, a provider of high-quality, in-network psychiatry and therapy services announced the launch of its Couples Therapy program. The new offering marks Talkiatry's continued commitment to expanding access to high-quality care and evolving its services to best meet the clinical needs of patients.
- The Couples Therapy program follows the recent launches of its child & adolescent psychiatry (CAP) and geriatric services, and the expansion of its
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Top U.S. Health Systems Partner with Clasp to Combat Student Debt and Clinical Staffing Shortages
What You Should Know:
- Top U.S. health systems are taking bold, employer-led action to combat two converging crises: staggering student debt and critical clinical staffing shortages. Together with Clasp, the first retention-driven recruitment platform, hospitals are launching a new model for financing education that locks in talent early, rewards retention, and makes healthcare careers more accessible.
A new generation of healthcare professionals is entering the workforce burdened
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Progyny Partners with ŌURA to Empower Women’s Health with Wearable Data and Personalized Insights
What You Should Know:
- Progyny, a women’s health and family building solutions, today announced a new partnership with ŌURA, maker of the world’s leading smart ring. The collaboration aims to further empower women to better understand and take action on their health through comprehensive data and personalized insights.
- By incorporating wearable data and insights from ŌURA into the care team decision-support process, from preconception to menopause, Progyny is engaging members
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