by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2021 | D.C. News
Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the Biden administration is investing $1.5 billion to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities. The funding, which comes in part from the COVID-19 relief package passed earlier this year, will go to...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2021 | D.C. News
The White House announced that more than 90 percent of federal employees covered by a presidential COVID-19 vaccine mandate have received at least one vaccine dose ahead of a Monday deadline. In all, more than 95 percent of federal workers are in compliance with the...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2021 | M&A
Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman will purchase Athenahealth for $17 billion. It is the second time in less than three years the cloud-based electronic medical record (EHR) company has changed ownership. In February 2019, Athenhealth went private after it was...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2021 | Payers
Humana announced it reached a value-based care agreement with Minnesota-based health system Allina Health for the insurer’s Medicare Advantage (MA) members. The multiyear agreement will include emphasizing reimbursement to physicians based on health outcomes of...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2021 | D.C. News
The House passed President Biden’s roughly $2 trillion spending package to expand health care and bolster the nation’s social safety net by a vote of 220 to 213. Despite the pharmaceutical industry’s last-minute lobbying efforts, the drug pricing deal that would allow...
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