by Jordana Choucair | Nov 15, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Health officials say they’re planning to push this week for people to get boosted against COVID-19 to maximum protection around Thanksgiving. Thus far, overall uptake remains low. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 15, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration plans to request roughly $10 billion in public health funds from Congress before the end of the year, including about $8.25 billion for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and related response efforts. The request, which is reportedly being...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 14, 2022 | M&A
A Kaiser Health News (KHN) investigation found that private equity’s increasing presence in health care has resulted in higher prices, decreased quality of care, lawsuits, and complaints about care. According to PitchBook, private equity firms invested $206 billion in...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 14, 2022 | Mental Health
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and 30 other industry groups wrote a letter to the White House asking for federal and state help to address the escalating number of mental health patients seeking care at hospital emergency departments (EDs). The...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 14, 2022 | Payers
A Leader’s Edge article examines how the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) is impacting insurers and increasing the federal government’s ability to enforce mental health parity. Even though previous laws – namely, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act...
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