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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine found to be 100% effective in children ages 12 to 17
Four who received the placebo tested positive for the virus, a result consistent with a vaccine efficacy of 100%.
OIG: CMS overpaid Anthem $3.4 million in Medicare Advantage payments
The errors occurred, OIG said, because the policies that Anthem had to detect and correct noncompliance were not always effective.
Laws and regulations paint an evolving picture of patient access to health information
Patients will likely continue to increasingly expect easy and painless access, but this doesn’t have to be a detriment to providers.
Hospitals saw gains in volume, revenue and margin in April, finds Kaufman Hall
The signs of progress are encouraging, but the metrics are still down slightly when compared to last month.
UnitedHealthcare introduces community-based collaborative to improve health outcomes, equity
The initiative works by blending clinical data with firsthand information from community members to identify health challenges.
Efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 undermined by concerns over vaccine side effects
Physicians say they hear: “You don’t need a vaccine if you’ve had COVID-19,” “The vaccine modifies your DNA,” and “The vaccine contains a microchip.”
Telehealth usage varies widely among Medicare beneficiaries
More than a quarter of Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth services during the summer and fall in 2020, but usage varied significantly when factoring in metrics such as age and race, finds a new
HHS distributing $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funds for addiction, mental health block grants
Two block grant programs will disperse $1.5 billion each to states and territories, following supplementing funding of $2.5 billion.
NYC Health + Hospitals ceases two race-based clinical assessments in new initiative
The system has eliminated two diagnostic tests that have embedded race-based calculations for severity of illness and risk.
