Vaccinations & Immunizations

Federal Health Agencies Invest Big in Public Health Initiatives

September 25, 2023 - In this week's roundup, federal health agencies unveil plans to invest in critical public health initiatives o bolster public health infrastructure, improve disease response mechanisms, and advance medical research.  CDC INVESTS MORE THAN $260M IN DISEASE SURVEILLANCE The CDC has awarded approximately $262.5 million over five years to 13...

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CMS Underreported Nursing Home Quality Issues, New $5B Vaccine Project

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, an inspector general report found massive underreporting of quality issues at nursing homes by CMS. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration is launching a $5 billion...

States Look to Repeal Vaccine Mandate and Ask Apple to Improve Data Privacy

by Hayden Schmidt

A group of 10 state attorneys general wrote a letter to Apple’s Tim Cook asking the CEO to improve health data privacy in its app store in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s undoing. Meanwhile,...

NIH Issues Grants for Gonorrhea Vaccine and Population Health Research

by Hayden Schmidt

Funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is headed to Intravacc and Mount Sinai to help those organizations improve healthcare in the United States. Using nearly $15 million in grant money,...

White House Tackles Drug Reform, Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights

by Hayden Schmidt

Last week, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning all people convicted of federal marijuana possession and seeking to reclassify marijuana with the Department of Health and Human Services...

DOJ Busts $1.2B Telemedicine Fraud Ring, CDC Recommends Novavax

by Hayden Schmidt

DOJ officials are prosecuting 36 individuals linked to a telemedicine fraud ring that generated over a billion dollars in faulty Medicare claims. The defendants working throughout the United States now...

Telehealth Utilization Increasing Medicaid Provider Reimbursement

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Increased use of telehealth services by Medicaid beneficiaries in California is leading to positive financial outcomes for providers in the state. ClosedLoop.ai Tops Epic, Cerner for AI Platform...

Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits Center Workforce Management, Shortages

by Kelsey Waddill

Updated 2/28/22: This article has been updated to include the correct position for Jon Kammerzelt. A previous version cited Kammerzelt's position as "chair of the Health and Life Sciences...

Becerra Outlines Health Equity Gains, Plans at HHS

by Sara Heath

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...

Skilled Nursing Facilities Are Facing a Staffing Crisis

by Hayden Schmidt

Staffing issues at skilled nursing facilities are threatening patient health and the industry’s future. Hundreds of thousands of employees have left jobs in nursing homes, and shortages may be intensified by a Centers for Medicare...

Feds Issue Cybersecurity Advisory, Lawmakers Target Direct Contracting

by Hayden Schmidt

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have convened to issue a cybersecurity advisory for major...

How Urgent Care Enables Care Access, Reduces Healthcare Costs

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The past decade has witnessed a surge in the number of urgent care centers, with more than 9,000 of these facilities located across the United States.  With the country dealing with the...

Medicare Part B Sees Premium Hike, CMS Faces Vaccine Mandate Lawsuits

by Hayden Schmidt

The FCC and HHS both announced funding initiatives in the past week. The FCC will spend $700 million to expand rural broadband access and result in better telehealth opportunities for dispersed...

Bill Seeks to Extend Telehealth Coverage, President Biden Nominates VA CIO

by Hayden Schmidt

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...

AdventHealth, Ascension Pull the Plug on AMITA Health

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Bucking the merger and acquisition trend of healthcare, AdventHealth and Ascension are calling it quits on their seven-year-old merger. AdventHealth, Ascension to Separate Seven Years...

Despite Relief Funds, One-Third of Hospitals Eye Expected Losses

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

While pandemic relief funds may have enabled leading hospitals to weather the storm of COVID-19, quite a few hospitals anticipate significant losses during the second year of the pandemic. Hospital...

Pfizer Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results for Young Kids

by Sara Heath

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:...

CMS, HHS Further Provider Relief Funds, Surprise Billing, Insurance Access

by Emily Sokol, MPH

After a relatively quiet summer, HHS and CMS dove back into rulemaking, guideline issuing, and funding awards. Following vaccine mandates for all federal employees and healthcare settings, CMS issued...

MSSP ACOs Generated Billions in Value-Based Care Savings in 2020

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

It's back-to-school time, and the healthcare industry is likely to learn a lesson in value-based care from leading accountable care organizations. MSSP ACOs Saved Medicare More Than $4B in...

New Funding Supports Pediatric Mental Health, Climate Change, Health Equity

by Emily Sokol, MPH

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...

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