Policy and Legislation
In 2019, Medicare spent $321 more per person for MA enrollees than it would have spent for traditional Medicare beneficiaries.
The Delta variant has driven a rise in cases among nursing home residents from a low of 319 cases on June 27, to 2,696 cases on August 8.
Coverage options under the Affordable Care Act helped keep the national uninsurance rate stable despite job losses, according to the Urban Institute.
This week's top stories include Verily beefing up its clinical trial platform with its acquisition of SignalPath and President Biden pushing for lower drug prices in his $3.5 trillion budget proposal.
HIMSS21
Tom Leary, senior vice present of government relations at HIMSS, discusses Patient ID Now, pandemic response and the telehealth cliff at HIMSS21.
The boosters are subject to FDA review and the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issuing a recommendation.
Both Pfizer and Moderna are in clinical trials for vaccines for children under the age of 12.
HIMSS21
The two former governors (one a current gubernatorial candidate) had lots to say about COVID-19 crisis response, vaccine hesistancy, Medicaid expansion, hospital staffing shortages and other healthcare challenges.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says hospital and long-term care staff will be required to get vaccinated by September 27.
PhRMA called Biden's push "misguided" and says it fails to address an insurance system that shifts the cost of treatments onto patients.