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The plan, called Pivotal, offers customizable benefit options, access to more than 9,500 providers, free telehealth services and concierge support.
Despite using technology more than before, consumers still say they want a personalized physician-patient relationship.
The awards recognize the highest performing health centers as well as those that have made significant quality improvements from the year before.
The flexibilities have been made available to "enhance payment" for nursing homes that have implemented COVID-19 infection-control practices.
The guidance prohibits providers and health plans from receiving any payment from, or on behalf of, plasma donation centers.
Blacks and Hispanics were the two groups most negatively affected, with wide gaps between population and hospitalization percentages.
Eight health systems in AHA case study are asking Congress for more relief funding.
Dignity-preserving technology allows the patient to decide what information is shared and for how long.
Fauci said early results in clinical trials have been promising, while contact-tracing efforts in the U.S. are improving.
Drug-candidate pipelines represent a first step toward the discovery of new drugs to treat the virus.