by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Life Sciences
Several members on a panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that most U.S. adults under 50 can hold off on a fourth booster shot until later this year. The members noted that the goal of the additional doses should be to...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | M&A
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its first quarterly report of hospital and nursing home mergers and acquisitions from 2016 through 2022. According to the analysis of 347 hospital transactions, hospitals in urban areas and with lower profit...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The White House is set to unveil President Joe Biden’s first National Drug Control Strategy today. The director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Dr. Rahul Gupta, said that the document prioritizes harm reduction, access to substance use...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Payers
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, claiming that the health care provider and insurance company inflated drug charges in the state’s Medicaid program. The lawsuit alleges that the company’s pharmacy benefit...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Providers
The federal government charged 21 people in Medicare fraud schemes, totaling approximately $149 million in false Medicare billing related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The schemes included printing phony vaccination cards and selling fake test results, as well as more...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Justice Department appealed a federal judge’s ruling that struck down the mask mandate on airlines and other mass transportation, following the CDC’s recommendation that the mandate “remains necessary for the public health.” If the appeals court...
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