by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that half of American workers favor COVID-19 vaccine requirements at their workplaces. According to the poll, about 59 percent of remote workers favor vaccine requirements in their own...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | Mental Health
The Department of Justice announced a $15.3 billion settlement with Connections Community Support Programs, a company accused of fraud while providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services at community clinics throughout Delaware. The company, which is...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | Life Sciences
A Morning Consult article looks at states’ efforts to increase oversight and transparency around pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) negotiations with drugmakers and pharmacies. This year, states have introduced more than 100 bills targeting PBMs, and in July, attorneys...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | Inequities and SDOH
A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that the world economy could lose trillions of dollars because of delayed vaccinations, with developing nations losing the most. As of August 23, approximately 5 billion doses of the vaccine have been...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 27, 2021 | D.C. News
The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s eviction moratorium, which was extended at the beginning of August to provide continued relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC has repeatedly renewed the moratorium as state and local governments struggle to...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2021 | Transition to Value
CMS announced that ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2020 earned performance bonuses totaling nearly $2.3 billion and saved Medicare $1.9 billion. Sixty-seven percent (or 345) of the 513 ACOs earned shared savings payments in 2020. ACOs...
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