by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new report from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association found that minority women are more like than white women to have pregnancy-related complications. The study found that Black, Latina, or Asian women had a higher prevalence rate of several risk factors compared...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2022 | Life Sciences
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report suggesting that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorization (EUA) policies resulted in quality issues and false results with...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the agency expects that the reformulated COVID-19 boosters from Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE will be available for children by the middle of next month. The CDC said it could issue its...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2022 | Mental Health
The Senate Finance committee released new draft legislation to address the mental health workforce shortage. The legislation seeks to add 400 new Medicare graduate medical education psychiatry slots a year for the next 10 years, offering a total of 4,000 additional...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 21, 2022 | M&A
Walgreens Boots Alliance announced it will buy the remaining stake in specialty pharmacy company Shields Health Solutions for approximately $1.37 billion. Walgreens last year spent $970 million to increase its stake in the company to 71 percent, with the possibility...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 21, 2022 | Mental Health
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reported that spending on addiction and mental health rose from 6.8 percent of total health care costs in 2013 to 8.2 percent in 2020. Employers and workers spent about $77 billion on mental health and substance use...
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