by Jordana Choucair | Sep 2, 2021 | Payers
A new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General found that Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalized with COVID-19 experienced a number of comorbidities. According to the report, nearly all beneficiaries studied, about 55,000 across six cities, were...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 2, 2021 | Life Sciences
CDC data indicates that the U.S. has discarded at least 15.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since March 1. Health departments in four states — Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma — each reported more than 200,000 wasted doses. Walgreens reportedly...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 2, 2021 | Health IT
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health announced the health system has deployed Google’s Workspace platform to improve patient and employee collaborations across its 140 hospitals in 21 states. By deploying the platform, the health system has been able to better...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 2, 2021 | Access & Coverage
The Supreme Court voted to allow a Texas law banning nearly all abortions to stay in place after it went into effect Wednesday. In a 5-4 vote, the majority said abortion providers and others who filed an emergency appeal to block the measure hadn’t met the high...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 1, 2021 | Payers
New projections in the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees reports indicate Medicare’s insurance trust fund is expected to run out of money in 2026, unchanged from last year’s projection. The report found the COVID-19 pandemic significantly...
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