by Jordana Choucair | Dec 19, 2022 | Health IT, Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Senators Roger Marshall and Jeanne Shaheen plan to introduce legislation that will require social media companies to report fentanyl activity to law enforcement. The legislation would add to House Republicans’ strategy to increase oversight of tech...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 19, 2022 | Providers
Data recently released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) shows that the number of medical school applicants dropped to pre-pandemic levels in the 2022-23 academic year. The number of Black matriculants increased 6.4 percent year over year from the...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 16, 2022 | Life Sciences
AbbVie Inc is leaving the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, two of the most influential pharmaceutical trade groups. The pharmaceutical giant’s move comes as provisions in the Inflation...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 16, 2022 | M&A
Two New Jersey-based health systems – Cape Regional Health System and Cooper University Health – signed a letter of intent to merge into a system of more than 10,000 employees and over $2.2 billion in annual revenues. Cooper University Health is the major academic...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 16, 2022 | Payers
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced new value-based agreements with the state’s largest health systems to link financial incentives to equity improvements. Collectively, the four health systems – Steward Healthcare Network, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Mass...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 15, 2022 | D.C. News
The House of Representatives voted to pass a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of this week. The vote was 224 to 201, with nine Republicans joining Democrats to vote in favor. The bill must now go to the Senate to be approved before it can go to...
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