by Jordana Choucair | Jan 23, 2023 | Providers
Discount retailer Dollar General announced it is partnering with DocGo, a provider of mobile health and transportation services, to provide medical services. The company will pilot mobile health clinics at three stores in Tennessee to provide customers with basic,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 23, 2023 | Providers
The Wall Street Journal reports that turnover and churn among home care providers is making it harder to line up care for loved ones. With an ever-growing number of aging baby boomers who need elder care, as well as the COVID-fueled reluctance to seek care in nursing...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 20, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH
The Commonwealth Fund posted a new blog indicating that Medicare beneficiaries of color are more likely to rely on informal caregivers for home health. Among home health users, Black (non-Hispanic) and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries reported, on average, that they...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 20, 2023 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected Eli Lilly & Co.’s attempt for accelerated approval for its Alzheimer’s therapy donanemab because not enough patients in the trial had received the drug for a full year. The company said the FDA did not...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 20, 2023 | Mental Health
The new 988 national mental health crisis line has seen a significant rise in call volume since its transition six months ago from the former 1-800-273-TALK number. A CNN analysis shows that more than two million calls, texts, and chats to 988 have been routed to a...
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