Thursday, August 25, 2022: Payers

Altarum released a new analysis indicating that there is a widening divergence between Medicare and private sector health care prices. According to the analysis, Medicare prices fell by almost an entire percentage point in July due to low or no increases in the...

Thursday, August 25, 2022: Providers

Amazon announced that it will shutdown its Amazon Care service for employers after December 31. Amazon piloted the virtual urgent care and primary care offering with its employees and their families in the Seattle region in 2019 and expanded nationwide thereafter....

Wednesday, August 24, 2022: Life Sciences

Moderna submitted a request for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize an updated version of its COVID-19 vaccine targeting the latest omicron subvariants. The company said the shots will be ready to ship in September, if the FDA signs off. Moderna’s...

Wednesday, August 24, 2022: Life Sciences

The Biden administration is planning to launch a COVID-19 booster campaign in September. Reportedly, the FDA is set to authorize updated versions of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s boosters for teenagers and adults around Labor Day. Soon thereafter, the government...