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. […]
Graham Health System (Canton, Ill.) will open the Graham Medical Group Galesburg-Knoxville in Galesburg, Ill., this fall, according to the website galesburg.com. Housed in a former chiropractic clinic building, the new urgent care will offer laboratory, imaging, primary care, podiatry, OB-GYN, and diabetic management services. General surgery, orthopedic, wound, urology and ear, nose, and throat specialty clinics are expected to […]
By the numbers $1.2B Net income fell nearly 20% year over year $14.8B Revenue rose about 3% year over year 1.2% Decline in same-facility admissions compared to prior-year period HCA Healthcare stock was up about 12% in Friday pre-market trading as it reported second quarter earnings results that beat Wall Street expectations. The Nashville, Tennessee-based for-profit chain reported […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a fierce critic of Amazon’s market power, is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the e-commerce giant’s proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of primary health care provider One Medical. The Minnesota Democrat, chair of the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, asked the FTC in a letter Thursday to investigate the deal over concerns she said it raises […]