by Jordana Choucair | Jun 30, 2022 | Payers
Banner Health, Hue Health, and Flume Health launched a new health plan built around direct primary care. The 39 North plan, which was created by Hue Health and Banner Health, will be available to all employers in northern Colorado and, in addition to Hue’s...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | D.C. News
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra urged patience as his department reviews its options to counter the Supreme Court’s abortion decision. Acknowledging that there is “no magic bullet,” Becerra said the department is focusing on five areas: 1)...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Life Sciences
An expert advisory vaccine panel for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines specifically designed to combat the omicron variant. Nineteen members of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted in favor of...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Life Sciences
A group of 100 federal lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to use controversial provisions of federal law to lower prescription drug prices. The lawmakers sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to discuss the issue, reiterating calls for the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Mental Health
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a new brief exploring the latest national data on mental health and substance use trends among adolescents. According to the brief, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents nearly doubled from 2019 (282 deaths) to 2020...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Mental Health, Payers
Government watchdogs told a House panel that Congress should crack down on the Medicare Advantage program, saying the private health plans for seniors sometimes deny access to needed medical care and inflate charges by billions of dollars. The watchdogs said lawmakers...
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