It isn’t surprising that many health plans are quickly updating their models to improve provider data inaccuracies, enable members to find the right care, and avoid costly fines for data that isn’t compliant. With ghost networks recently in news headlines and incorrect data impacting patients’ ability to find care, health plans across the country need to act quickly to rethink […]
The nation’s capital needs 100,000 monkeypox vaccine doses to respond to the new virus, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said on Sunday. A “robust testing regime” is already in place, Bowser told CBS “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan, but the city currently has just 8,000 vaccine doses. “We need more doses for sure,” Bowser said, noting the city […]
Experts are divided over whether efforts to keep Juul products off the market will put a dent in the youth vaping epidemic. The Food and Drug Administration made international headlines late last month when it stripped vaping giant Juul’s products from the e-cigarette market, drawing praise from anti-tobacco advocates and lawmakers. The agency said Juul did not prove that keeping […]
Legislative battles over abortion access are heating up in the House and Senate as Democrats look to raise pressure on Republicans. A round of bills aimed at protecting abortion access that were introduced by Democrats were considered on Capitol Hill last week, leading to the first instances of lawmakers butting heads over such legislation since the Supreme Court overturned Roe […]
Like many health systems, Roseville, California-based Adventist Health is pursuing a mission to make healthcare accessible for everyone. Accomplishing this vision will require strategic investments in care provided outside the walls of its hospitals and clinics, said Shelly Trumbo, Adventist’s vice president of wellbeing. That’s why the health system announced partnership with Emcara Health last week. Emcara Health is a national […]
The rise of the BA.5 variant is spurring new calls for funding for an Operation Warp Speed 2.0 to accelerate development of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines that can better target new variants. The BA.5 subvariant of omicron that now makes up the majority of U.S. COVID-19 cases is sparking concern because it has a greater ability to evade the protection of current vaccines than […]
Not so long ago, America’s next COVID fall looked almost tidy. Sure, cases might rise as the weather chills and dries, and people flock indoors. But Pfizer and Moderna were already cooking up America’s very first retooled COVID vaccines, better matched to Omicron and its offshoots, and a new inoculation campaign was brewing. Instead of needing to dose up three, […]
A Florida-based ice cream company is recalling its products because they could be tied to a recent listeria outbreak, a company announcement posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website Wednesday said. The Big Olaf Creamery, based in Sarasota, is recalling all of its flavors and all lots of its products. All products with a June 30 expiration date […]
Tiger Woods missed the cut at the British Open, but received a thunderous ovation from the crowd at his final hole — possibly his final time playing competitively at the iconic St. Andrews course. Today we’ll look at President Biden’s call for senators to pass a health care-only reconciliation bill after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) once again dashed Democrats’ hopes of including […]
Health Tech I was at the AHIP conference in Vegas late last month and caught up with a number of CEOs & execs for some quickbite interviews — around 5 mins getting (I hope) to the gist of what they & their companies are up to. I am going to dribble them out this week. Next up is Kristin Herrera, […]