[ad_1] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will take lower-than-anticipated spending on the controversial Alzheimer’s disease medication Aduhelm into account when calculating Medicare Part B premiums for […]
Cleveland Clinic records Q1 operating loss as labor costs rise, admissions lag
[ad_1] Cleveland Clinic reported a $104.5 million operating loss in the first quarter as labor expenses rose and inpatient admissions declined. The 20-hospital not-for-profit health system’s revenue rose […]
Betting on ‘Golden Age’ of colonoscopies, private equity invests in gastro docs
[ad_1] Studies show that private equity investment in healthcare results in more surprise bills and overall higher costs for patients. Surprise billing is the practice of charging insured […]
Burned out by COVID and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize
[ad_1] In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many […]
CVS Health launches virtual primary care platform
[ad_1] CVS Health’s new digital platform intends to give consumers access to health services on demand, whether they are at home or in a retail or community-based setting. […]
Community health centers face trouble after public health emergency ends
[ad_1] A perfect storm looms for federally qualified health centers whenever the federal government decides the COVID-19 public health emergency is over. When that declaration ends, which isn’t […]
Senate finance leaders propose bill to expand telehealth for mental healthcare
[ad_1] A bipartisan group of Senate Finance Committee leaders on Thursday proposed expanding telehealth access for mental health services. The committee issued a discussion draft that pushes to eliminate Medicare’s […]
Dominant coronavirus mutant contains ghost of pandemic past
[ad_1] The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States is a member of the omicron family but scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron […]
HHS scraps Trump-era SUNSET rule that mandated regulatory reviews
[ad_1] The Health and Human Services Department has withdrawn a policy initiated under President Donald Trump that would have required extensive reviews of its regulations. Under the SUNSET […]
Novavax missed Its global moonshot but Is angling to win over mRNA defectors
[ad_1] Novavax hitched its wagon to the global coronavirus pandemic. Before most Americans truly grasped the scope of the danger, the small Maryland biotech startup had secured $1.6 […]
