by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Payers
In a new Health Affairs blog post, CMS leadership outlined the agency’s agenda to expand coverage and access, improve equity, and encourage innovation. According to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and Center for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Payers
A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled their Cures 2.0 legislation, building on the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016. The legislation would make some pandemic-related telehealth flexibilities permanent, allow Medicare to cover breakthrough medical devices for four...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Mental Health
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the number of people who were hospitalized for eating disorders in the U.S. doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers attributed the increased rates, which came as early as...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | M&A
Jefferson Health and BAYADA Home Health Care announced an agreement to form a home health joint venture. The new venture, Jefferson Health at Home, will offer the Philadelphia-based system’s patients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in-home and virtual care. It...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration plans to pay more than $5 billion for a stockpile of Pfizer’s new COVID-19 pill, enough for about 10 million courses of treatment to be delivered in the next 10 months. Senior federal health officials are counting on the five-day antiviral...
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