The first year of the Biden Administration can be characterized by an emphasis on health equity, according to Xavier Becerra, the Secretary for the Department of Health & Human Services. And...
Healthcare talent shortages are expected to remain an ongoing challenge for healthcare organizations as a strained workforce looks for greener pastures elsewhere, barring significant changes to...
Consumer-centered healthcare strategies will manifest in healthcare professionals’ interactions with consumers through improving health equity and increasing patient access to care, as well as in...
Legislation introduced by a group of bipartisan representatives intends to expand telehealth access to Medicare beneficiaries regardless of geography. Additionally, both chambers of Congress passed a...
This week, a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that seeks to extend telehealth coverages that were introduced during the pandemic. The FDA has also recently approved a new treatment...
Healthcare workers need to be more cognizant of gender and sex identifiers in EHR documentation, according to a recent blog post from Steven Posnack of the ONC. After encouraging clinical trial data...
The Biden-Harris Administration greenlit transgender care to be included as a part of Colorado’s Essential Health Benefits. Days later, CMS has boosted their hourly wages for call center workers...
An influx of funding from the American Rescue Plan is earmarked by HRSA for medical centers in underserved communities. Additionally, the ONC is receiving funding from the plan for IT workforce...
The week started with a whirlwind in vaccine land, with news of the FDA advisory committee’s decision on boosters nearly coming up against potentially very good news for school-aged children:...
The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity opens under HHS, and several organizations including SAMHSA boost funding for pediatric mental healthcare. This week’s policy recap also highlights...
The fast-spreading Delta variant is the dominant strain of a virus many had hoped would be eradicated by now. COVID-19’s Delta variant was first identified in India in December of 2020. Now Delta accounts for 97 percent of new...
Right now, the US may boast the most medals from the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. However, new research shows that the country is lagging in most healthcare metrics, including access to care and health...
Health equity was a key subject in healthcare prior to the coronavirus pandemic, but the events and the toll of 2020 took the conversation around improving health equity to a new level.
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Happy Thursday and welcome to a run-down on the latest developments across the healthcare industry.
Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic Partner for Home Health
Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic are...
Welcome to Tuesday’s roundup of recent provider, payer, and pharmaceutical news.
Cigna Incentivizing COVID-19 Vaccinations
Cigna announced that it will offer financial rewards to employees who...
As the vaccine rollout moves forward for American adults and older teens, new research shows that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is safe and effective for younger teens. AHA is pushing back against a move...
Healthcare has faced longstanding challenges with prescription drug costs, health inequities, and care fragmentation. Organizations from across the care continuum are now leveraging capabilities, such...
Healthcare professionals may be preparing for a post-pandemic world, but they are taking some of the key lessons from COVID-19 with them. Front and center are health equity issues, which have...
Based on social determinants of health and health disparities alone, the number of people the US healthcare industry loses is comparable to seeing a 747 airplane crash out of the sky every day,...
