by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Payers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled their Cures 2.0 legislation, building on the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016. The legislation would make some pandemic-related telehealth flexibilities permanent, allow Medicare to cover breakthrough medical devices for four...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Mental Health
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the number of people who were hospitalized for eating disorders in the U.S. doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers attributed the increased rates, which came as early as...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | M&A
Jefferson Health and BAYADA Home Health Care announced an agreement to form a home health joint venture. The new venture, Jefferson Health at Home, will offer the Philadelphia-based system’s patients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in-home and virtual care. It...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration plans to pay more than $5 billion for a stockpile of Pfizer’s new COVID-19 pill, enough for about 10 million courses of treatment to be delivered in the next 10 months. Senior federal health officials are counting on the five-day antiviral...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Life Sciences
The FDA’s committee of outside experts is not planning to meet to discuss the data on Pfizer’s request for the agency to authorize COVID-19 boosters for all adults. The panel twice voted to reject boosters for the young and healthy who don’t face high exposure risks....
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Health IT
Quest Diagnostics released its 2021 Health Trends report, revealing that providers are concerned that substance use disorder issues are slipping through the cracks in virtual care. Only half of the 500 physicians surveyed said they feel confident that they can...
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