Seventeen people were identified as close contacts to President Biden, who has tested positive for COVID-19, including senior staff members and members of Congress. No senior staff have tested positive for COVID-19 but they are all taking precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Additionally, no members of Congress and no members of the press have tested […]
The Covid-19 pandemic created a massive shift to virtual health and the need for convenient and affordable care, with 62% of consumers saying they are either very or somewhat likely to use a virtual visit if they don’t need a physician examination, according to a new CVS Health’s 2022 Health Care Insights Study. The survey featured 2,600 consumers in total. […]
Yuvo Health, a startup that offers value-based contracting services, and Centene Corp. subsidiary Fidelis Care are partnering to expand resources for federally qualified health centers in New York. The centers provide services such as preventative care, specialty services and behavioral health resources for underserved populations, while also addressing socioeconomic barriers. They qualify for federal funding and enhanced reimbursements from Medicare […]
Children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age finally became eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. on June 18, after the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended their use for this population, following emergency use authorization granted by the Food and Drug Administration. We recently wrote about some of the […]
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) pressed the Biden administration on Friday to increase the volume of monkeypox vaccines to his state, which has endured the highest number of infections in the country. Padilla urged the administration to work together to address the outbreak and increase access to the Jynneos vaccine, a smallpox inoculation used to prevent monkeypox, in a letter addressed […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the release of voluntary quality measures for state Medicaid home and community-based service programs to assess patient health outcomes. While reporting on the measures is currently voluntary, CMS said it encourages states to incorporate the quality assessments into existing home and community-based service reporting requirements, evaluating their performance biannually, setting targets and […]
When it comes to the management of rapidly expanding volumes of clinical data, hybrid cloud solutions, which combine public and private cloud environments, are uniquely suited to help. Hybrid cloud solutions can reduce an organization’s data center footprint, consolidate data silos, and provide backup and disaster recovery solutions. Scott Raymond, NetApp’s CIO for global healthcare, says that when […]
Congress is considering an extension of extra help for people buying their own health coverage on the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces. These temporary subsidies, passed as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), increased the amount of financial help available to those already eligible; the ARPA also newly expanded subsidies to middle-income people, many of whom were previously priced […]
Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have published new findings about how pancreatic cancer cells grow and protect themselves. The research, published Thursday in Cancer Cell, reveals that cancer cells make their own unique form of collagen. The collagen that cancer cells produce is fundamentally different from normal collagen made in the human body. This means […]
It’s difficult to make a direct comparison in rates between nursing homes and the general population because of differences in data collection. While health officials regularly track facilities’ COVID data, many Americans use home tests and do not necessarily report their results to their local health departments. Cases were also up 42 percent among staff, according to the AARP data. […]