Just four days after testing positive for COVID-19, President Biden met virtually with administration officials, labor leaders and business executives on legislation to boost the domestic semiconductor industry on Monday afternoon. His voice a bit raspy, Biden told reporters he is feeling “great” and hoped to be back to work in person by the end of the week. […]
The difficulties in relationships between Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and the home health care industry have only taken a temporary backseat due to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for the sector. But nonetheless, it’s still something most providers are willing to – and wanting to – talk about. And LHC Group Inc. CEO Keith […]
The Washington, D.C., health department has announced that it has postponed administering a second dose of the monkeypox vaccine to residents, citing shortages and an increase in cases. “Given the rapid increase in monkeypox cases, and the very limited supply of vaccine, DC Health has decided the most urgent priority is providing first doses of vaccine to high-risk residents,” the […]
Cadence Design Systems offers computational technologies used in sectors such as communications, automotive, and aerospace and defense. The company is now adding drug discovery to its scope through a $500 million deal to acquire OpenEye Scientific, a privately held provider of simulation software used in computational drug design. OpenEye does not develop drugs but its software is used by […]
The 560-million-year-old fossil of an animal believed to be the first animal predator has received the honor of being named after Sir David Attenborough. Today in health care, Democrats are closing in on the long-held goal of allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, but some last-minute obstacles still loom. Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest […]
After the death of George Floyd in 2020, SCAN Health Plan, like many companies, decided to take a look at its own efforts in improving health disparities. It ultimately achieved this by tying its executives’ bonuses to the issue. “You’re at a time when the whole healthcare industry is saying that we care about reducing health inequities,” SCAN CEO Sachin […]
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer is not permitted to pay Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs for one of its medications, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The Health and Human Services Department previously declared a proposed copay program for Pfizer’s $225,000-a-year heart medication tafamidis, also known as Vyndaqel and Vyndamax, isn’t allowed under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. A federal district court sided […]
St. Rita’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) Center was designed to serve medical students during their residency as a space to learn and study. Each space was designed to precisely mimic the clinical environments in an actual hospital, with equipment and materials that would be used in real world scenarios. Also integrated into the design were a variety of study spaces, […]
Dozens of incoming medical students at the University of Michigan walked out on a keynote address from an anti-abortion speaker on Sunday in a now-viral moment. Throngs of incoming medical students, known as white coats, stood up as soon as Kristin Collier, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan, began speaking at the Hill Auditorium during the […]
The Health and Human Services Department intends to reinstate healthcare nondiscrimination rules that President Donald Trump’s administration tossed out two years ago, Secretary Xavier Becerra said Monday. HHS has issued a draft regulation that would once again ban discrimination based on gender identity and would add new protections, including against discrimination based on sexual orientation. “We want to make sure […]