by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Data from several states show that Medicaid enrollees are getting COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than the general population. While there is not a nationwide compilation of how many Medicaid enrollees have been vaccinated, those states that do collect the data –...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Life Sciences
Two small biotech companies sued Moderna Inc. on claims that it infringed on their patent rights for a technology they said was key to Moderna developing its mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. Moderna has said it expects vaccine sales to top $19 billion in 2022.The two...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Life Sciences
Drugmaker Viatris Inc., formerly known as Mylan NV, will pay $264 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it engaged in anticompetitive behavior to delay generic competition to its EpiPen allergy treatment. The litigation has been ongoing for years,...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC announced Friday it created new metrics for determining when people should use masks and take other COVID-19 precautions. The new benchmarks tie masking recommendations to a combination of a community’s level of cases, hospitalizations, and hospital...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 28, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Only half of the 500 million COVID-19 tests that the White House made available to the public for free have been claimed. According to federal officials, 46 percent of tests have yet to be claimed and daily orders are down from 45 million the day the initiative...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 25, 2022 | Transition to Value
The CMS announced it is replacing the Medicare direct contracting model with a similar accountable care organization model in 2023. The ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model, a redesign of the Global and Professional Direct Contracting...
Recent Comments