by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2022 | M&A
DaVita announced it has acquired transplant software company MedSleuth to ease access burdens on kidney and liver transplant candidates. DaVita said the acquisition will help the company support patients throughout their entire care journey, from kidney failure...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2022 | Payers
A report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission found that the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries in Parts A and B enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will exceed 50 percent in 2023.The panel also discovered that this year spending in MA will be 4...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Anthony Fauci said on Monday that it is too soon to say whether omicron is the final wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci said, “I would hope that that’s the case. But that would only be the case if we don’t get another variant that eludes the immune response of...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The global vaccine-sharing program Covax has now delivered 1 billion doses to 144 lower-income countries. The World Health Organization noted that 88 of its 194 member countries had vaccinated less than 40 percent of their populations. The organizations cited...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 14, 2022 | Payers
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will recommend that traditional Medicare cuts its payments to nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities by 5 percent next year. MedPAC’s recommendations to Congress are nonbinding, but...
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