[ad_1] California counties, health insurance plans, community clinics, and a major national healthcare labor union are lining up against a controversial deal to grant HMO giant Kaiser Permanente […]
California COVID cases up, but no plans to add restrictions
[ad_1] California has no plans to impose new statewide pandemic restrictions despite a rise in coronavirus cases primarily due to the new highly transmissible omicron variant BA.2, the […]
States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar
[ad_1] Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge even […]
Modern Healthcare’s rebranded Excellence in Governance awards program
[ad_1] Healthcare has three pillars: It needs to be accessible. It needs to be affordable. And it needs to be high-quality. Ultimately, the responsibility for all three of […]
Former CMS administrator resigns from Centene board over governance, leadership dispute
[ad_1] Leslie Norwalk resigned this week from Centene Corp.’s board of directors over a disagreement about the governance process and committee leadership. Her resignation letter was made public […]
It’s not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in U.S.
[ad_1] Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline. One big […]
Bright Health to exit six states following year of losses
[ad_1] Bright Health Group will no longer offer individual and family plans in Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah or Virginia after 2022, a move to stabilize […]
Order to expire requiring masks at Connecticut nursing homes, hospitals
[ad_1] People will no longer be required to wear face masks in Connecticut hospitals, outpatient healthcare settings and homeless shelters, once a state masking order expires early Friday. […]
FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples. […]
How the test-to-treat pillar of the US COVID strategy is failing patients
[ad_1] The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as […]
