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Kansas City woman sues Stryker after its operating table collapsed mid-procedure

September 12, 2023
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The collapse of an operating table during a Kansas City woman’s gall bladder surgery — after laparoscopic instruments had been inserted — has prompted a federal product liability lawsuit. Diana Caparro Chavez claims she suffered serious injuries and is suing the table’s manufacturer, Stryker Corp., based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After being filed in April in […]

September 11, 2023
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Venture firm Flagship Pioneering is looking to change the way it approaches business collaborations. The firm has elevated operating partner Amanda Kay to a new role: chief business development officer. The idea is to get Flagship-founded companies to think about business development — licensing deals, research collaborations and even potentially mergers and acquisitions — in […]

September 10, 2023
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Humana filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division as it seeks to block a new policy that would enable Medicare to clawback $4.7 billion in payments to insurance companies. The new policy — called the “Final […]

September 8, 2023
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. CEO Reshma Kewalramani first came to the United States at the age of 11. A self-described awkward sixth-grader, she found comfort in two disciplines: math and science. “You could sit with a piece of paper or a book and really take yourself a long way from where you started,” Kewalramani said. “I […]

September 1, 2023
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As the deployment of artificial intelligence explodes across industries, health care is poised for rapid change. Today, Bayer is deploying AI to shape the future of radiology and address significant challenges affecting radiologists, health systems, and patient care. In recent decades, advancements in radiology have improved the diagnostic quality of imaging scans and simultaneously reduced […]

August 30, 2023
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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration targeted 10 prescription drugs Tuesday as part of the first-ever Medicare price negotiation, a move that it said could benefit 9 million beneficiaries – including 165,000 in Arizona. The medications, which are used to treat heart failure, blood clots, diabetes, arthritis, Crohn’s disease and more, account for the highest spending […]

August 23, 2023
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This fall marks the first time that vaccines will be available to fight the triple threat of Covid-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which pose an increased risk to young children, elderly adults and immunocompromised people. Michael Greenberg, medical head of vaccines in North America at Sanofi ADR (Nasdaq: SNY), says last fall’s […]

August 22, 2023
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While the topic of mental health has become top of mind for both employees and employers over the past few years, it’s proven to be a complex challenge — in large part because it’s a difficult and sometimes misunderstood topic to tackle. By opening up about their mental health issues and needs, some employees worry […]

August 18, 2023
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When Rebecca Uccello got a call that her daughter’s Medicaid coverage was in jeopardy, she said it “sent me into a tailspin.” Her 13-year-old daughter, Izabella, has been on Medicaid since age two because of severe developmental disabilities, including a birth defect which prevents her spinal cord from properly developing and a neurological condition which […]

August 15, 2023
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that St. Louis and Jackson counties should have been allowed to intervene in a lawsuit that struck down local health orders aimed at mitigating the spread of Covid-19. Both counties will now have the authority to appeal the November 2021 decision, in which Cole County Circuit Court Judge […]

Kansas City woman sues Stryker after its operating table collapsed mid-procedure

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Shaping the future of radiology with AI

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Paperwork issues meant over 16K Missourians lost Medicaid coverage in July

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