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Atul Gawande is Biden’s pick to lead Bureau for Global Health
President Joe Biden will nominate Dr. Atul Gawande as assistant administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development, the White House announced this week.
ROI in risk-based contracts requires data and analytics
Summit Health has seven commercial and Medicare risk-based contracts covering more than 165,000 lives.
CMS seeks to expand telehealth mental health access
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to lift restrictions on telehealth access in the home for the treatment of mental health disorders and to expand rural access to mental health services through interactive telecommunications.
CMS proposes higher performance threshold for MIPS
In a proposed physician fee schedule rule released on Tuesday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to require clinicians to meet a higher performance threshold to be eligible for incentives under the merit-based incentive payment…
FDA warns of an increased risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome following vaccination with the J & J vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration today revised the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine fact sheet for healthcare providers to include a warning of an observed increased risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome following vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, acco…
Biden executive order targets healthcare consolidation
An executive order issued by President Joe Biden today cracks down on hospital and health insurance consolidations and other actions it said decreases competition and drives up prices.
UnitedHealthcare is using predictive analytics, developed with Optum, to address the social determinants
UnitedHealthcare has introduced the use of predictive analytics for employer-sponsored plans to help identify people in need of support related to the social determinants of health.
Walgreens and VillageMD to open 29 primary care practices in Texas this year
Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD have announced plans to open 29 new Village Medical at Walgreens practices in Houston, Austin and El Paso this year.
The strategic partnership is on track to meet its overall goal of opening at least 600 Village …
Supreme Court to decide legality of drug payment cuts to 340B hospitals
Provider groups have expressed support for a Supreme Court decision to hear a challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services’ move to cut hospital reimbursement in the 340B drug payment program.
Nemours manages care at home through a single digital platform
Nemours Children’s Health System, which provides care for children up to age 18, has more than 1.8 million patient encounters each year across five states.
With a majority of patients receiving care for complex medical conditions, Nemours needed a way…
