by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | Payers
Cigna and Oscar Health announced they are expanding their cobranded health plans in Illinois. The plans will be available for small businesses with under 50 employees in Chicago, as well as DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties. The Cigna+Oscar plans are built on...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | Life Sciences
The FDA banned the sale of hundreds of thousands of vaping and electronic cigarette products, but delayed its decision on the industry’s leading company, Juul. The agency faced a court deadline to issue decisions on marketing applications from the vaping giant...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | Health IT
A KLAS Research and CCM report found that hospital virtual visits are leveling off to below 20 percent of total medical appointments. About 40 percent of hospital executives report that up to 10 percent of their appointments are done virtually and the same percentage...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden ordered sweeping vaccine mandates for around 100 million federal employees, health care workers, and many other private-sector workers in an attempt to contain the surging COVID-19 pandemic. The plan directs the Department of Labor’s Occupational...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 10, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the $3.5 trillion budget bill, proposing permanent coverage of people who fall in the Medicaid expansion gap in states. Through 2024, those individuals would be eligible for ACA premium tax credits with...
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