by Jordana Choucair | Feb 15, 2022 | Health IT
HHS announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration awarded nearly $55 million to 29 health centers to increase health care access for underserved populations through virtual care. The Optimizing Virtual Fund is intended to be used for telehealth,...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 15, 2022 | Payers
The Northeast Business Group on Health released a guide that aims to assist employers in addressing workers’ social needs. The guidebook takes a deep dive into five key social determinants of health: economic stability, education access, health care access,...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 15, 2022 | Providers
A new Axios/Morning Consult survey shows that the proportion of health care workers considering leaving their jobs for another industry has increased steadily since last summer. In July and August, 15 percent of health care workers considered leaving the health care...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 15, 2022 | Transition to Value
Provider groups are lobbying Congress and federal regulators to not revoke the Direct Contracting payment model, which allows providers to get capitated population-based payments. The efforts come amid concerns from progressive groups and lawmakers that most direct...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 14, 2022 | D.C. News
More than 70 Republican lawmakers asked the Biden administration to end the federal public health emergency for COVID-19. In a letter to the administration, they state that “our country is now in a much different situation than we were when the PHE was...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 14, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Federal Trade Commission will vote Thursday on whether it will study how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) affect drug prices and the businesses of pharmacies. The vote comes after years of pharmacies’ complaints over PBM fees for reimbursement, quality metrics,...
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