by Jordana Choucair | May 16, 2022 | Life Sciences
Novavax officials said they are confident that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will grant their COVID-19 vaccine an emergency use authorization early next month. Novavax received $1.6 billion from the federal government to speed the development of the shots...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
The White House announced it is licensing COVID-19 technologies to the World Health Organization to enable global manufacturers to make COVID-19 shots and increase testing capability. The 11 technologies, including the stabilized spike protein used in many coronavirus...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule allowing Medicaid to directly pay for independent home health aides’ benefits, including health insurance. The new rule replaces a 2019 policy that required states to pay the full...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Payers
A new study published in the American Journal of Managed Care suggests that Medicare needs to make more home care services reimbursable for accountable care organizations (ACOs) to entice more providers to offer such care. Researchers found that roughly 25 percent of...
by Jordana Choucair | May 13, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report revealing that 25 percent of Medicare patients treated in acute care hospitals in 2018 experienced patient harm, 43 percent of which was likely preventable....
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