by Jordana Choucair | Nov 12, 2021 | Life Sciences
The FDA announced the recall of more than 2 million at-home COVID-19 tests produced by Ellume due to “higher-than-acceptable” false positive test results. The FDA says there have been 35 reports of false positives, enough for the agency to identify it as a...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 12, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Michael Bloomberg announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies is making a $120 million investment to help address the opioid epidemic. Five states – Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Wisconsin – will each receive $10 million over the next five years....
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 11, 2021 | Payers
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released its 2021 benchmark Employer Health Benefits Survey, revealing that annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 4 percent this year. On average, family premiums cost $22,221, with workers contributing...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 11, 2021 | Payers
Ten states filed a lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The lawsuit claims that the rule threatens job loss to “millions of health care workers who risked their lives in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 11, 2021 | Payers
New research found that switching seniors to Medicare Advantage plans has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars more than keeping them in original Medicare. According to the analysis, Medicare overpaid the private health plans by more than $106 billion from 2010...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 11, 2021 | Payers
A new survey conducted by the National Association of Community Health Centers found that rolling back Medicaid coverage after the COVID-19 public health emergency could severely curtail patient care. Ninety percent of health centers said due to the higher Medicaid...
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