Month: January 2024
The Value in Health Care Act would provide a 2-year extension of the 5% advanced payment model incentives, which allow clinicians to cover some of the costs of moving to a new payment model, including expanding care teams.
CVS Health (CVS.N), opens new tab said on Thursday it will close some pharmacies that operate inside Target (TGT.N), opens new tab stores during the first several months of the year. The closures will begin in February and be completed by the end of April, a company spokesperson said. Prescriptions will be transferred to a nearby CVS Pharmacy prior ...
In a competitive job market, access to a certain primary care doctor or mental health benefits may be the determining factor when it comes to someone accepting your job offer or choosing to work somewhere else.
As the calendar is refreshed, many people embark on a journey to embrace healthier lifestyles. What better way to begin the year than by incorporating insights from a health care professional about our daily routines? Dr. John Limperis, an internal medical specialist affiliated with Holy Cross Health and MDVIP in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shared his insights ...
New Biden administration rule could impose stricter test for Uber, Lyft and others to classify workers as contractors
A “pivotal year for price transparency” closed out with most—but not all—of the healthcare industry publishing their data publicly and at a higher quality, price transparency data startup Turquoise Health wrote in a state-of-the-industry report released Thursday.
The agency authorized Florida to purchase medicines directly from wholesalers in Canada, where prices are far cheaper. Pharmaceutical companies oppose the plan.
While public and political scrutiny around drug pricing has reached a fever pitch in the wake of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), that hasn’t stopped pharma majors from ringing in 2024 with their favorite New Year tradition: a hefty round of medication price hikes. Altogether, companies such as Pfizer, Sanofi and Takeda are raising prices on more than ...
The winter COVID-and-flu season is ramping up in California and nationwide, with doctors and other experts saying the worst of the respiratory illness season is still to come. New data show pronounced recent jumps in the rate at which coronavirus and flu tests are coming back positive, as well as the number of hospital-admitted patients ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom gathered with city leaders and public safety officials Wednesday to urge support of Proposition 1, an overhaul of the state’s mental health system that will be on California’s March 5 primary election ballot. The measure would reform California’s Mental Health Services Act and create a $6.4-billion bond to provide 10,000 new behavioral-health beds. The plan ...