The British drugmaker could soon become the first with both a marketed vaccine and treatment for COVID-19, a notable achievement. Yet competition has blunted the potential impact of each of them.
Despite broad bipartisan support for telehealth in Washington, the return of restrictions — even nominal ones — threaten the viability of virtual services offered by cash-strapped primary care offices, a new survey finds.
The two partners have officially filed for emergency authorization of their antiviral pill, a milestone in the fight against COVID-19. It’s not yet clear whether vaccine recipients will be eligible for treatment, however.
About 90% of people currently enrolled in MA plans offering prescription drug coverage are enrolled in a plan that will earn four stars in 2022.
The outcome does not mean a strike will start immediately. The results give union leaders the authority to set a strike date so long as they give the required 10-day notice in writing to Kaiser Permanente.
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As part of the deal, Molina will pick up about 13,000 people covered by AgeWell’s long-term care services. In 2020, the premium revenue generated from these members was about $700 million.
As part of the agreement, about 2,100 SSM employees across revenue cycle and hospital care management will become Optum employees in an outsourcing deal.
For years, FDA has talked about the need for an electronically readable inventory of third-party components in devices, as a way to address the problem of widespread cyber vulnerabilities.
A strike of this size could cripple operations for Kaiser in southern California. Those 24,000 healthcare workers eligible to vote on a strike represent about 31% of the system’s nearly 76,000 employees in that area.