by Jordana Choucair | Aug 24, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration is planning to launch a COVID-19 booster campaign in September. Reportedly, the FDA is set to authorize updated versions of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s boosters for teenagers and adults around Labor Day. Soon thereafter, the government...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 24, 2022 | Payers
The Business Group on Health’s annual survey of large employers found that employers experienced a median cost increase of 8.2 percent in 2021 – a significant rise after experiencing no increase in actual health care cost from 2019 to 2020. Still, employers expect to...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 24, 2022 | Payers
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden sent letters to 15 state insurance regulators requesting information on Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plan marketing tactics. Wyden cited a recent survey of state insurance commissioners that indicated an increase in...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 24, 2022 | Providers
A new simulation study found that primary care clinicians need almost 27 hours per day to provide care to patients. Researchers at the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, and Imperial College London computed time per patient based on data from the...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 23, 2022 | D.C. News
Anthony Fauci announced that he is departing his government roles in December after decades as the nation’s top infectious disease expert. Fauci, who served as the chief medical adviser to the president and longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy...
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