by Jordana Choucair | Feb 21, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The mediator for the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement case reported that the Sackler family is willing to pay at least $1.2 million more to settle the case. According to a third interim report filed on Friday, the family proposed to pay between $5.5 million and $6...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 21, 2022 | Payers
States with public option health plans are incorporating ways of forcing hospitals to participate to ensure they can build a sufficient network. Many have learned from Washington State, which found that, after two years, plans were available in only 25 of the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 18, 2022 | Mental Health
A new study found that people who have recovered from COVID-19 are significantly more likely to develop mental health disorders regardless of the severity of their COVID-19 case. The researchers compared the records of 154,000 people who got COVID-19 to a group of 5...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 18, 2022 | M&A
The FTC will file a lawsuit to stop the merger of Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System, Rhode Island’s biggest health care providers. The FTC voted unanimously to oppose the deal over concerns that it could create a “health care conglomerate...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 18, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration will offer more than $250 million in “intensive support” for COVID-19 vaccination in 11 sub-Saharan African countries with low vaccination rates through the Global VAX initiative outlined in December. The funding will support...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 18, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will not move forward with a study examining how pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) controversial business practices affect independent and specialty pharmacies. The commissioners tied in a 2-2 vote over an effort to broaden the...
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