Monday, November 15, 2021: Life Sciences

California, Colorado, and New Mexico are moving ahead of federal guidance by expanding eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to all adults. The policies are an attempt to mitigate a feared surge around the end-of-year holidays. Colorado and New Mexico have among the...

Monday, November 15, 2021: D.C. News

President Biden has tapped former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to oversee the implementation of the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Landrieu has promised to work closely with state and local governments to organize projects and create new jobs to support...

Monday, November 15, 2021: D.C. News

President Biden announced Friday he is nominating Robert Califf to again serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new selection was expected imminently because Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock cannot legally stay on as the acting head...

Monday, November 15, 2021: Payers

The CMS released a notice announcing that monthly premiums that cover physician and outpatient care for Medicare patients will increase by 15 percent next year. Standard Medicare Part B premiums will be $170.10 per month next year, up from $148.50 per month this year....

Friday, November 12, 2021: D.C. News

The Tax Policy Center released its analysis of the Build Back Better Act, finding that the $1.85 trillion package would give more than 65 percent of Americans making at least $1 million per year an average tax cut of $16,760. The package would also cut taxes for most...

Friday, November 12, 2021: Life Sciences

Health care conglomerate Johnson & Johnson announced it is planning to break up into two companies, separating its consumer health business into a new publicly traded company. “The new Johnson & Johnson and the New Consumer Health Company would each be...