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Another Legislative Attempt to Revive Gene Patenting

Bill of Health

In response to a 2016 USPTO request for public comments , in 2017 several organizations asked Congress to amend the patent laws to overrule Myriad and other recent Supreme Court precedents relating to patent eligibility. The Senate Judiciary Committee held three sets of hearings on the bill in 2019, after which the draft legislation stalled.

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In 2023, the U.S. Will Still Be the #1 Prescription Drug Spender in the World, IQVIA Forecasts

Health Populi

Today, as Congress kicks off hearings about the cost of prescription drugs in the United States, IQVIA published its 2019 report on The Global Use of Medicine in 2019 and Outlook to 2023. paid for prescription drugs in 2018, with roughly four times the number of health citizens. using consumer-generated technology.

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Heart Health at #CES2019 – Food and Tech as Medicine

Health Populi

For more hard-core athletes, CES 2019 features an eSports area with all flavors of digital sports from golf to hockey and tennis. This is one of many products on the #CES2019 show floor that is backed by artificial intelligence and machine learning (one of the CTA 5 Tech Trends for 2019 that I wrote about in yesterday’s Health Populi).

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Home Health PPS Final Rule for CY 2024: CMS Steps Back from the Brink

Hall Render

7,589 2019 5,871 79.3% The issue of agencies “strategically” choosing patients to maximize profitability came up in other comments. One commenter, from a patient advocacy group, noted that home health had become “big business” and that agencies focus on profits for shareholders, not patient care.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M medical workers 4 takeaways from Braselton hospital expansion presentation HAWAII Hawaii Gov. What does it take to keep RNs happy?