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Pfizer and BioNTech apply for full FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccine
Pfizer and BioNTech announced today they have submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration for full approval of their COVID-19 vaccine.
The companies also said they want to expand the current emergency use authorization for their vaccin…
CEO Coalition commits to physical, psychological and emotional workplace safety
Ten hospital and health system CEOs have created a Declaration of Principles to protect their healthcare workforce.
CMS worked ‘to keep hospital payments as steady as possible’ in inpatient rule
Healthcare experts, such as Caitlin Sheetz, director and head of Analytics for ADVI, are still combing through everything in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Care Hospital propos…
Healthcare organizations ask HHS to delay quality measure reporting for ACOs
Citing rushed implementation, unanswered questions and potential negative consequences to patient care, 11 healthcare organizations are calling on the Biden administration to delay and make changes to mandated quality measure reporting for accountable …
HHS launches new vaccine reimbursement program for providers
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, has announced a new program for providers to cover the cost of administering COVID-19 vaccines to patients enrolled in health plans that either do no…
Moderna to supply 34 million doses to India and other countries in Q4
Moderna has announced an agreement to supply up to 500 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to an international organization that is getting the vaccines to poorer countries.
An initial 34 million doses are expected to be delivered during the fourth q…
CMS adopts payment provisions to lower costs in the 2022 marketplace
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has adopted new provisions to lower maximum out-of-pocket costs by $400 in the federal health insurance marketplaces in 2022.
The payment notice finalizes a maximum annual limitation on cost-sharing in th…
BCBS members receive notice of $2.7B antitrust settlement
Millions of Blue Cross and Blue Shield beneficiaries are receiving notices that they may be eligible for a share of a $2.7 billion antitrust settlement that was settled last October.
Claims must be filed by November 5.
In his first joint address, Biden promotes giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices
President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress tonight held promises for the future of healthcare.
Biden wants to continue the lower premiums in the Affordable Care Act that are available under the American Rescue Plan, lower deductibles in the ACA an…
CMS releases hospital quality star ratings
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released the overall hospital quality star ratings that now include new methodology in five measure groups.
CMS rated over 4,500 hospitals from 1 to 5 stars, with five representing the highe…
