by Jordana Choucair | Sep 1, 2021 | Life Sciences
Two senior vaccine regulators at the FDA who helped lead its review of COVID-19 vaccine applications will leave the agency this fall. Their departures come as the agency remains without a permanent commissioner and could interrupt its work on COVID-19 vaccines. Dr....
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 1, 2021 | D.C. News
The CMS appointed Dr. Natalia Chalmers as its first-ever Chief Dental Officer in the Office of the Administrator. “Dental health is vital to overall health, and that’s why CMS has appointed its first-ever Chief Dental Officer.” said CMS Administrator Chiquita...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 1, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The Supreme Court did not take action on a request to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, allowing the most restrictive abortion law in the nation to go into effect. The law allows private citizens to sue abortion providers...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 31, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The Education Department launched investigations into five GOP-led states that banned mask mandates in schools. In letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah, the department’s Office for Civil Rights said the bans could...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 31, 2021 | Payers
Sutter Health has agreed to pay the federal government $90 million to settle allegations that it submitted inaccurate information on some of its Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. The settlement comes a few days after a federal judge finalized a $575 million settlement...
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