by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | M&A
During a public listening session yesterday, health care workers and researchers stated that health care mergers and acquisitions have increased prices, stifled wages, and reduced care quality. A senior advisor for the Hospital Equity and Accountability Project noted...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the first COVID-19 breath test. The device, called InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, works by separating and identifying chemical mixtures to detect five compounds associated with the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute suggests that health savings accounts (HSAs) are contributing to inequities. The report found that white account holders have an average HSA balance of $5,004, while Black and Hispanic savers have $3,438 and...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Health IT
A new CB Insights report found that investments in the global digital health market decreased 36 percent in the first quarter of 2022. Megarounds fell 52 percent to 4.4 billion, comprising just 42 percent of all digital health dollars invested compared with 57 percent...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a measure banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The measure, House Bill 5, contains the strictest prohibition passed in Florida during the Roe v. Wade era. It does not include exceptions for pregnancies that are the...
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