by Jordana Choucair | Feb 4, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Yesterday, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) co-hosted a webinar examining persistent racial disparities in cancer care. A panel of oncologists, a patient advocate, and policy researchers discussed how inequities...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 4, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration’s coffers are low for additional COVID-19 testing, treatments, and vaccines, with most money already committed or distributed from a roughly $350 billion federal program. While top officials stressed that they have the funding to meet...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 4, 2022 | D.C. News
A broad group of senators is showing bipartisan support for legislation that would create a 12-person independent panel to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and the federal pandemic response across the Trump and Biden administrations. The bill, led by Senators Patty...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2022 | Payers
The CMS proposed a 7.98 percent increase to Medicare Advantage (MA) payment next year, nearly double the pay increase that plans saw in 2022. CMS also said MA groups could be judged in the future on their value-based care arrangements with providers, and asked for...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2022 | Payers
The U.S. Army will immediately begin discharging service members who have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The development follows similar moves from other military branches and puts more than 3,300 soldiers at risk of being kicked out. About 97 percent of all...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A study published in the Lancet found that the opioid epidemic could claim another 1.2 million lives in North America over the next seven years. The researchers warned that the epidemic may widen globally without stricter regulation to stop companies from exporting...
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