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Cole Mercer

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Cole Mercer

    FDA Will Likely Stay Without a Confirmed Commissioner into November as Senate Panel Holds Off on Overton Vote (opens the original)

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    Update Note: This article reports new information involving Dr. Heidi Overton's nomination to lead the Food and Drug Administration following MedicalDaily's earlier coverage. The latest development, reported by STAT on September 29, 2026, is that the Senate health committee has no vote scheduled before the Senate leaves for the midterm elections. The Senate health committee is not expected to vote on Dr. Heidi Overton's nomination as FDA commissioner before the November midterm elections, STAT r

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Cole Mercer

    Huntington's Gene Therapy Still Appears to Slow Daily Function Decline at Four Years, but Main Score Misses Significance (opens the original)

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    Four years after a single brain infusion, people with Huntington's disease who received a high dose of uniQure's experimental gene therapy AMT-130 were still losing day-to-day abilities more slowly than matched patients who never received it, the company reported September 29. But the trial's main measure, a combined score of thinking, movement, and function, no longer showed a statistically significant difference. The mixed result comes as the FDA decides whether to formally accept the company'

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Cole Mercer

    Same Infusion Drugs Cost Employer Health Plans 102% More on Average at Hospital Clinics Than Doctors' Offices (opens the original)

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    Employer health plans paid hospital outpatient departments an average of 102% more per unit than physician offices for the same injected and infused medications, according to new research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute(EBRI). These drugs are given by clinicians in a medical setting and include treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and other serious chronic conditions. EBRI estimates that paying hospital clinics at office rates would save employer plans about $12.7 billion a y

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Cole Mercer

    Elevance Will Stop Paying Hospital Rates for Some Off-Campus Clinic Care, a Shift That Could Trim Facility Fees (opens the original)

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    Elevance Health, the insurer behind Anthem plans, said Sept. 29 that it will stop paying hospital rates for certain care delivered at hospital-owned clinics located away from the main hospital campus. According to the company's announcement of new billing transparency policies, those services will instead be paid at the lower off-campus rate. The policies will roll out during 2026 and 2027 across its commercial, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid plans. The change targets a billing practice that s

  5. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Cole Mercer

    Severe Withdrawal Needing an ICU Sedative More Than Tripled at Two Philadelphia Hospitals as Medetomidine Spread Through Fentanyl (opens the original)

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    The share of patients with opioid use disorder who needed dexmedetomidine, an intensive care sedative, to control withdrawal rose from about 6% to about 20% at two Philadelphia hospitals after dexmedetomidine entered the local fentanyl supply, according to a Penn Medicine study in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the final three months studied, ending in September 2025, the figure reached about 32%. The findings put hospital-level numbers on what Philadelphia doctors have described for more than a yea

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