by Jordana Choucair | Oct 8, 2021 | Health IT
Teladoc announced it is making its virtual primary care pilot, Primary360, broadly available to commercial health plans, employers, and other benefits sponsors nationwide. Several large companies are already using the Primary360 service. Starting early next year it...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 8, 2021 | D.C. News
The Senate voted 50-48 to lift the debt limit until December after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached a deal. The Senate amended the House bill, which passed 219-212, replacing a longer debt ceiling suspension with a $480...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 7, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Lobbyists are looking to block Senator Joe Manchin’s push to include a tax on prescription opioids to pay for addiction treatment as part of Democrats’ social spending package. Manchin has said adding the painkiller tax is a requirement for him to support...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 7, 2021 | Mental Health
Mindy Klowden, senior director at Third Horizon Strategies, has authored a blog exploring promising solutions to addressing behavioral health workforce shortages. Many people in need of mental health and/or substance use disorder (SUD) treatment do not receive care,...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 7, 2021 | M&A
Kaufman Hall’s latest quarterly report shows that a high percentage of “mega mergers” have offset fewer hospital mergers and acquisitions so far in 2021. Thus far in 2021, 34 transactions have been announced compared to 62 during the same period in 2020. Yet, the...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 7, 2021 | Life Sciences
The World Health Organization endorsed the first vaccine to prevent malaria, the first step toward wider distribution of the shots in lower-income countries. The vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, is moderately effective and the first shot developed for any...
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