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FDA considers extending RSV vaccine to adults in their 50s
Vaccinations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an upper respiratory virus that typically thrives in colder weather, may soon extend to adults in their 50s thanks to a priority review granted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Increased Medicare Advantage utilization likely credit neutral, finds Fitch
Rising Medicare Advantage utilization among older U.S. adults, as well as rate cuts for 2025, are likely to be credit-neutral to the healthcare industry, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings.
ACL final rule updates to Older Americans Act regulations
The Administration for Community Living has released a final rule that updates regulations for implementing its Older Americans Act (OAA) programs for the first time since 1988, aiming to better support the national aging network that delivers OAA serv…
Telehealth utilization on the rise nationally
Telehealth utilization increased nationally and in every U.S. census region in November 2023, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker. The widespread increases followed a month of varied changes in October.
HRSA seeking to reform organ transplant system
The Health Resources and Services Administration is leveraging new legal authority proposed in the President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget, issuing requests for proposals in advance of executing multiple different contract awards meant to increase co…
Vermont ACO model ties payer and provider payment to quality of care
Nestled between New Hampshire and upstate New York, Vermont is a quiet, mostly rural state.
But it’s the site of a federal test of an alternative payment model in which the most significant payers from throughout the state – Medicare, Medicaid, and co…
Centene pulls in $45 million in profit in Q4
The final quarter of 2022 saw Centene pull in $45 million in profit while total revenue hit about $39.5 billion, the company revealed in its latest earnings report.
That’s an improvement over Q4 2022, in which the organization experienced a $213 millio…
Northwell Health debuts new $560 million surgical pavilion
Seventy years after North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) first opened its doors, the Level I trauma center and quaternary care teaching hospital recently announced the completion of the Petrocelli Surgical Pavilion – a $560 million, 288,000-square-fo…
Florida Blue, Sanitas team on primary care center in Jacksonville
Health insurer Florida Blue has teamed with Sanitas Medical Center in opening a primary care health center in Jacksonville focused on supporting the area’s Florida Blue members who are over 50, as well as Medicare members of all ages.
Sanitas and Flori…
AHA urges Supreme Court to review interpretation of DSH formula
The American Hospital Association, along with five other national hospital associations, is urging the U.S.
