by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | Providers
A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that receiving care from an expensive hospital in a concentrated market increases spending but has no detectable effect on mortality. However, the relationship between higher prices and lower...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
HHS released a report outlining its efforts to make the make the public health supply chains and biological preparedness industrial base more resilient, diverse, and secure. The report explores the public health supply chain and industrial base’s vulnerabilities and...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
An Urban Institute evaluation of a direct cash pilot program in D.C. found that the program helped hundreds of low-income D.C. families improve food security. Four nonprofits in D.C. launched the program, called THRIVE East of the River, in 2020 soon after the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Data from several states show that Medicaid enrollees are getting COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than the general population. While there is not a nationwide compilation of how many Medicaid enrollees have been vaccinated, those states that do collect the data –...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Life Sciences
Two small biotech companies sued Moderna Inc. on claims that it infringed on their patent rights for a technology they said was key to Moderna developing its mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. Moderna has said it expects vaccine sales to top $19 billion in 2022.The two...
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