by Jordana Choucair | Aug 25, 2022 | Payers
Altarum released a new analysis indicating that there is a widening divergence between Medicare and private sector health care prices. According to the analysis, Medicare prices fell by almost an entire percentage point in July due to low or no increases in the...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 25, 2022 | Providers
Amazon announced that it will shutdown its Amazon Care service for employers after December 31. Amazon piloted the virtual urgent care and primary care offering with its employees and their families in the Seattle region in 2019 and expanded nationwide thereafter....
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 24, 2022 | Life Sciences
Moderna submitted a request for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize an updated version of its COVID-19 vaccine targeting the latest omicron subvariants. The company said the shots will be ready to ship in September, if the FDA signs off. Moderna’s...
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...
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