by Jordana Choucair | Dec 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Supreme Court denied a request to block California’s recently passed ban on flavored tobacco products. Major tobacco companies including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, and Modoral Brands Inc. requested an injunction last...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 13, 2022 | Life Sciences
A new study shows COVID-19 vaccines have kept more than 18 million people out of the hospital and saved more than 3 million lives. Without the vaccines, the nation would have had 1.5 times more infections, 3.8 times more hospitalizations and 4.1 times more deaths than...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 13, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay a combined $10.7 billion to settle allegations they failed to adequately oversee opioid painkiller prescriptions. CVS will pay $4.9 billion to states and political subdivisions and approximately $130 million to tribes. Walgreens...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 13, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to increase access to health care services and make it easier to enroll in coverage. The rule would specifically require health insurers participating on the exchanges to comply with state...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 13, 2022 | Providers
A new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis found that 45 percent of all nursing facility residents and 22 percent of staff are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. The figures are a significant decline from the 87 percent of nursing facility residents and...
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