by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the U.S. is likely in for a hard winter as the Omicron COVID-19 variant spreads rapidly. “It’s going to take over,” Fauci said, urging Americans to get vaccinated and get their booster shots. According to the World Health...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2021 | Payers
According to the CMS, insurers gave out approximately $2 billion in rebates for 2020 to nearly 10 million consumers under the ACA’s medical loss ratio provision. Health insurers provided approximately $1.3 billion in rebates in the individual market, $384 million in...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A new HHS Office of the Inspector General report found that less than 16 percent of more than one million Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with opioid use disorder in 2020 received medication to treat the condition. Furthermore, less than one third of those who...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2021 | Life Sciences
Moderna said preliminary data shows that its COVID-19 booster provides protection against omicron, but that a double dose of the booster shot provided a much greater increase in those levels. Its currently FDA-approved 50ug booster was found to increase neutralizing...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2021 | D.C. News
Senator Joe Manchin said he will not vote for the Build Back Better Act, effectively ending negotiations on the legislation that would expand the nation’s social safety net. Manchin has always been a key holdout on the legislation, sharing concerns over certain...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 17, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A federal court judge has reversed the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan. A provision in the plan grants immunity to some of the Sacklers as well as hundreds of their associates from future lawsuits, even though — unlike Purdue — they did not file for bankruptcy...
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