by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The global vaccine-sharing program Covax has now delivered 1 billion doses to 144 lower-income countries. The World Health Organization noted that 88 of its 194 member countries had vaccinated less than 40 percent of their populations. The organizations cited...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 14, 2022 | Payers
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will recommend that traditional Medicare cuts its payments to nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities by 5 percent next year. MedPAC’s recommendations to Congress are nonbinding, but...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 14, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
An article in Treatment Magazine describes the need for value-based substance use disorder treatment, highlighting insights from Greg Williams, Third Horizon Strategies Managing Partner and Manager of the Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform (Alliance). The article...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 14, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 13-8 to advance Dr. Robert Califf’s nomination to lead the Food and Drug Administration, with four Republicans voting in his favor. Califf’s full Senate confirmation vote, which has not yet...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 14, 2022 | D.C. News
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for employers with more than 100 employees. According to the court, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration exceeded its power to impose the...
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