by Jordana Choucair | Aug 30, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
HHS officials are expected to announce plans to launch an office tackling climate change as a public health issue. According to people familiar with the plans, the office it is expected to focus on initiatives that touch on health care, like offering protections for...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 30, 2021 | Life Sciences
Biogen Inc. is offering its costly new Alzheimer’s disease treatment to some patients for free amid uncertainty around whether Medicare will reimburse for the controversial drug. Biogen has begun to provide Florida’s First Choice Neurology with free-of-charge...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that half of American workers favor COVID-19 vaccine requirements at their workplaces. According to the poll, about 59 percent of remote workers favor vaccine requirements in their own...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | Mental Health
The Department of Justice announced a $15.3 billion settlement with Connections Community Support Programs, a company accused of fraud while providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services at community clinics throughout Delaware. The company, which is...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | Life Sciences
A Morning Consult article looks at states’ efforts to increase oversight and transparency around pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) negotiations with drugmakers and pharmacies. This year, states have introduced more than 100 bills targeting PBMs, and in July, attorneys...
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