Autor: Al Punto Hoy from ANASTACIO ALEGRIA

When you start a new practice or hire a new physician for your practice, most people think hiring or paying them is the biggest issue. However, that’s not true. In reality, the main issue in the revenue cycle management is the gap between hiring a new provider and receiving payment for their services. This issue is rooted in the credentialing process. Without getting your physicians credentialed, you cannot submit insurance claims for their services.Credentialing is often viewed as a mere compliance checklist, yet it functions as the primary gatekeeper of your organization’s revenue. If not done properly, it can significantly…

Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it with others. That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going. And here is our regular feature in which we highlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Artis BioSolutions hired Kate Broderick as chief scientific innovation officer. Previously, she was senior vice president of R&D at Inovio Pharmaceuticals. But all work and no play can make for a dull…

Generic versions of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster Wegovy and Ozempic medications could be mass produced for about $3 per person per month, a cost that could greatly widen access in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new analysis. After reviewing data for active pharmaceutical ingredients from the past two years, the researchers estimated a generic version of semaglutide — the key ingredient in the Ozempic diabetes treatment and Wegovy weight loss drug — could be made for $28 to $140 per person a year and then sold at low prices once patents expire this year in several countries. Specifically, patents…

Most people have experienced it. Dinner is finished, hunger is gone, yet the brain suddenly wants something sweet, salty, or crunchy. This familiar feeling explains why many people search for answers about food cravings after eating.The body technically has enough energy, so why does the desire for more food appear? Researchers point to a mix of biology, psychology, and environment. The science of food cravings shows that hunger and cravings are not the same thing. Hunger signals the need for calories, while cravings often reflect the brain’s reward system, habits, or emotional triggers.Understanding why we crave food when full can…

(This piece was originally published at Phenomenal World, in cooperation with the New York Policy Project.)  With the failure of Eric Adams’s last-ditch effort to stack the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB), Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now in a position to fulfill his promise to freeze the rent. The nine-member RGB sets maximum rent increases for New York’s million-plus rent-regulated apartments, determining rents for over half of the city’s renters. The RGB is tasked with balancing the interests of tenants and building owners, considering a wide range of factors including the cost of operating rent-regulated buildings, the cost of living for…

After nearly four decades of service to the Arctic research community, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) has now reached its sunset. This will be our final message to the community.On behalf of the ARCUS Board of Directors and all ARCUS staff, we want to thank you for the many years of collaboration, support, and partnership that made ARCUS possible. We have enjoyed working with this community immensely and believe that the goal of broadening participation in Arctic-focused research, education, and policy is still an important mission to achieve.If you would like to learn more about what led the…

Today’s Iran war update will be more telegraphic than usual. I do not normally prepare original posts on Saturday and had the competing duty of assembling Links. I will endeavor to have a completed version by 8:00 AM EST. Please make additions and any corrections in comments and if you arrive early, refresh your browser and re-skim at 8:00 AM. At the risk of again seeming perversely optimistic, if financial time operates as it normally does, faster than political or real world (here kinetic war) time, there is a prospect that market upheaval will throw an impossibly big spanner in…

The New York State attorney general’s office has begun investigating how Columbia University let a predatory doctor continue to see patients despite decades of warnings. “The Office of the Attorney General is conducting a thorough investigation into the institutional response to Robert Hadden’s misconduct,” a spokesperson said in a statement to ProPublica. The agency did not give further details. A ProPublica investigation from the fall of 2023 revealed how Columbia ignored women and ultimately protected Robert Hadden, a longtime OB-GYN at the university. In 2012, Columbia allowed Hadden to continue seeing patients just days after one of them called 911…

In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent shares his thoughts on the Texas primaries. Plus, a terrible Supreme Court decision and a bad play by Major League Baseball. Ad Policy Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX) takes part in a campaign event outside Round Rock Donuts on March 3, 2026.(John Moore / Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday.  Texas held its congressional primaries on Tuesday, and the good news is that turnout was really high for a…