by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Baylor Scott & White Health (BSW) is adding dozens of Texas urgent care clinics to its network thanks to a newly announced deal with NextCare Urgent Care. Forty-one facilities in “fast-growing areas” such as Houston, San Antonio, and Abilene will give the state’s...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Thursday that it will now expand coverage of the drug, broadening access for up to an...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Adults in Arizona can now obtain contraceptive medications over the counter at a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription under a governor’s order announced Thursday. Governor Katie Hobbs said the rule will go into effect immediately. It applies to self-administered...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
To prevent a repeat of last winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses, Americans will be encouraged this fall to receive vaccines to stave off the flu, a new COVID variant, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Last year’s convergence of seasonal...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Stanford Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) unveiled plans Friday to collaborate on a project that will bring a new National Cancer Institute-designated joint cancer care and research center to the VA Palo Alto campus in California. The two...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A new report from the Urban Institue says that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) quality bonus program is ineffective in many cases as it overpays Medicare Advantage organizations and needs reform. The bonus program, established by the Affordable...
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