by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Payers
CMS Innovation Center leaders outlined the agency’s strategy to drive health care transformation. The strategy consists of five goals: 1) increase the number of people in relationships with providers that are accountable for patients’ costs and improving...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Recent CDC data demonstrates that the nation’s substance use disorder (SUD) epidemic has continued unabated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With indicators pointing in the wrong direction – and the pandemic still actively impacting individual and community...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Life Sciences
The FDA authorized recipients of Moderna’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine and Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot to receive a booster shot. The agency also authorized a “mix and match” strategy, allowing medical providers to give people a booster shot of a different...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Inequities and SDOH
The New York City Board of Health passed a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. The resolution requests that the city health department research and acknowledge “examples of its historic role in divesting and underinvesting in critical...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden introduced a new plan to pay for parts of the $2 trillion infrastructure plan. The plan keeps the corporate tax rate at 21 percent for companies earning more than $5 million a year, rather than increasing it to 26.5 percent. The administration is also...
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