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Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said CMS was very worried about "code growth" trends. Other reports say the HHS Office of Inspector General determined Tennessee has claimed $1.1 billion uncompensated care fees improperly.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Axios and Bloomberg report on the HLTH conference, one of the first big health care professional meet-ups since the pandemic began. University of Oklahoma nursing education, a Texas nurse accused of murdering four men, age bias against seniors in health care and more are also in the news.
Ageism in health care settings, which can result in inappropriate or dangerous treatment, is getting new attention during the covid pandemic, which has killed more than half a million Americans age 65 and older.
With Kentucky in the grip of a covid surge, public health workers are taking their vaccination campaign house to house and church to church, trying to outmaneuver the fantastical tales spread on social media and everyday hurdles of hardship and isolation.
Meanwhile, a study hints a generic drug used to treat hypertension and heart failure may also help prevent brain damage in Alzheimer's sufferers. Separately, patient backlash over tobacco company Philip Morris' purchase of asthma drugmaker Vectura in the U.K. may hurt sales.
News outlets report on Merck's covid antiviral pill, monoclonal antibody treatments from AstraZeneca and other efforts by drugmakers to combat the pandemic. Also in the news: boosters may complicate efforts to persuade vax-hesitant people; nursing home vaccine rates; approving booster shots; and more.
Long-term relationships between patients and doctors often enrich the quality of care and create deep emotional bonds. When the doctors retire or move on, saying goodbye can be hard.
But Americans generally have little confidence that the White House or Congress will recommend the right thing, a new poll shows.
At issue is whether transplant patients who refuse the shots are not only putting themselves at greater risk for serious illness and death from covid-19, but also squandering scarce organs that could benefit others.
Even though they perform the same intimate tasks as nursing home and hospital workers, in-home health aides initially were left out of California’s vaccine mandate. They must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 30.
Johnson & Johnson plans to apply early this week to the Food and Drug Administration for authorization to administer a second dose of its covid vaccine.
Efforts to give 2.2 million Americans health insurance hang in the balance as Congress debates a massive spending bill. The so-called Medicaid gap is felt most acutely in Texas, where about half of those who stand to gain coverage live.
More than 2 million low-income adults are uninsured because their states have not accepted Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Congressional Democrats want to offer them coverage in the massive spending bill being debated, but competition to get into that package is fierce.
At least 400,000 Americans received the Pfizer booster since it was authorized last week. The durability of immunity from a third shot is not yet known, but Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday that he expects protection to last around a year, Roll Call reports.
The condition can be an early signal of Alzheimer’s disease, but not always. Other health concerns could be causing thinking or memory problems, and the new drug, Aduhelm, would not be appropriate for those patients.
The ad, advanced by a right-leaning seniors advocacy organization, mischaracterizes proposals to bargain on drug prices, regarding both the effects on the Medicare program and on beneficiaries.
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Vaccine mandates and burnout are causing major worker shortages at hospitals and long-term care facilities. In other news, the Mormon Church will require masks in temple; TD Garden in Boston will require jabs to enter; Idaho lawmakers seek ways to nullify the vaccine mandate; and more.
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