by Jordana Choucair | Sep 23, 2021 | Life Sciences
The FDA authorized Pfizer booster shots for people over 65 and those who are in high-risk jobs or medically vulnerable at least six months after receiving their second shot. The boosters are expected to be available within days, but who exactly will be considered...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 23, 2021 | Health IT
HHS announced it will distribute $73 million to strengthen the U.S. public health IT effort and increase representation of underrepresented communities within the public health IT workforce. The goal is to providing training in public health informatics and technology...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 23, 2021 | D.C. News
Vice President Harris called for a new global health security fund at the World Bank to focus on pandemic preparedness. Harris said that the Biden administration is planning to contribute $250 million in seed funding and will request an addition $850 million from...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2021 | Payers
A report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General found that health insurers received $9.2 billion from Medicare in one year through controversial billing methods that may have allowed the companies to “inappropriately” inflate their payments. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2021 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The AMA released a new report calling on lawmakers to “act now” on climbing rates of fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses. More than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2020, representing a record high and an almost 30 percent increase in overall fatal overdoses from...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2021 | M&A
Walgreens announced that it paid $970 million to increase its investment in Shields Health Solutions (Shields) — a company that helps hospitals run their own specialty pharmacies. The deal will increase Walgreens’ total ownership in Shields from 23 percent to 71...
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