by Jordana Choucair | Mar 2, 2022 | Providers
A study led by the American Medical Association (AMA) revealed that nearly $1 billion in annual excess health care spending is due to turnover of primary care physicians. The analysis found $979 million in excess health spending annually comes from primary care...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 2, 2022 | Providers
Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report found that hospitals’ margins, outpatient volumes, and revenues all dropped while expenses rose in January. According to the report, outpatient care delays from December to January caused outpatient revenue to drop...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Senate blocked a Democratic bill to codify abortion access by barring restrictions on the procedure before fetal viability or when the pregnancy risks the patient’s health. Forty-six Democrats voted in favor of the legislation and all Republicans and Sen....
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden will outline a plan to improve conditions in nursing homes during his State of the Union speech tonight. Efforts will include setting minimum staffing levels, phasing out the use of shared rooms, increasing oversight and penalties for...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | D.C. News
Top Democratic and Republican senators will hold meetings with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, tomorrow. Democrats are hoping for a swift, bipartisan confirmation process. Biden officially nominated Jackson to the...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 1, 2022 | Life Sciences
A large new dataset indicates that Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine is much less effective for children ages 5 to 11 than it is for older people. According to researchers and federal officials who reviewed the data, the drop in performance may be...
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