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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced it would give $450 million to the biotech company Regeneron to manufacture and supply the company's antibody treatment.
The department is partnering with eTrueNorth and the local communities to perform up to 5,000 tests per day in each city.
Expansion has played an important role in preventative services beyond cancer - particularly relevant given the COVID-19 pandemic.
It's the ranking and measuring of particular metrics that the Lown Institute uses to differentiate its rankings from other top hospitals lists.
The groups said the rule would pose a burden to hospitals and health systems responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The proposed changes would encourage the development of certain new and innovative home dialysis machines, CMS says.
Every month this year telehealth usage increased, but it wasn't until the pandemic that the numbers skyrocketed.
There has been a broad range of specific emotional effects related to the pandemic, and certain stressors affected a large majority of the population.
Primary care practices are feeling the pressure on multiple fronts, from a lack of PPE to ever-thinning margins and fewer patients.
The insurer will provide an additional $6 million in financial support to independent primary care physicians and community health centers.