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This Startup Is Moving The Egg Donation Market Beyond College Students

Forbes Healthcare

Undergrads and recent grads—young, healthy, and debt burdened—are offered five figures to donate their eggs to other women undergoing IVF. Cofertility has a more grown-up model.

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Centene beats investor expectations despite Medicaid headwinds

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Like other payers, Centene flagged a mismatch between patient acuity and payment rates in Medicaid. But the insurer said a diversified portfolio helped it navigate challenges in the third quarter.

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The hidden $935 billion problem in U.S. health care no one is talking about—and how to solve it

KevinMD.com

“Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly.” – Thomas Edison The escalating challenge of waste in U.S. medicine The U.S. health care system is struggling with inefficiencies and waste that weaken its effectiveness, thus reducing accessibility Read more… The hidden $935 billion problem in U.S. health care no one is talking about—and how to solve it originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Countdown Checklist L9, T-minus 6: Follow the Tippies

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Follow Connect Care Tippies With most Launch 9 prescribers having full Connect Care production access, this is prime time for setting up starter personalizations that can streamline Connect Care workflows at launch. This is also a great time to collect simple best practices that colleagues have found most useful.

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Health care reform requires better access and quality: dialysis as an example

KevinMD.com

Having spent two years in Oxford as a Marshall Scholar in the mid-1970s, I came back to medical school believing in a national health service—i.e., Medicare for all. But I learned firsthand that a monopoly can provide access without ensuring quality. When quality isn’t the priority, there’s no hope for lowering costs or alleviating suffering.

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Pediatric Gender Medicine: Dispatches From a Deceptive Medical Field

Sensible Medicine

It is my pleasure to introduce this article by the intrepid reporter Benjamin Ryan. I learned of Mr. Ryan during the monkeypox outbreak, our empirical research found that he was the single most accurate source of information on Twitter/X. Now, he turns his attention to the third rail of American medicine— gender dysphoria and its treatment. This article is worth your time, and he is worth reading & following.