by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | D.C. News
Several former health advisers to President Biden published separate op-eds urging the administration to reconsider its COVID-19 pandemic strategy. According to the authors, the COVID-19 pandemic will persist for some time. They outlined several strategies to active a...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new analysis from the Urban Institute found that parents in low-income households (at or below 138 percent of federal poverty level) face greater challenges in addressing health needs than other parents. Parents in low-income households were more than nine times as...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | Life Sciences
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said that people will likely need a second COVID-19 booster dose in the fall. During a health care conference hosted by Goldman Sachs, Bancel said that people who received booster shots this past fall are likely to have significant...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | Payers
The CMS released a proposed rule outlining several regulatory changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D starting in 2023. The changes include: 1) requiring all Part D plans to apply the concessions they get from drugmakers to the point-of-sale, 2)...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | Providers
Kaufman Hall’s latest hospital flash report indicates that hospitals are still facing major pressures from rising expenses. According to the report, hospital discharges dropped nearly 5.0 percent in November compared to October and were down 6.1 percent compared to...
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