Excess deaths higher among Black, Indigenous and Latino adults during 2020
Aaron Kunkler | Oct 13, 2021 | Federal
FAIR Health report shows 76.4% increase for in-network air ambulance costs
Ethan Kispert | Oct 4, 2021 | Federal
The future of State of Reform
DJ Wilson | Sep 22, 2021 | Federal
NIH builds large nationwide study population to support research on long-term effects of COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health | Sep 15, 2021 | Federal
The National Institutes of Health awarded nearly $470 million to build a national study population of diverse research volunteers and support large-scale studies on the long-term effects of COVID-19. The NIH REsearching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative(link is external) made the parent award to New York University (NYU) Langone Health, New
Study shows negative long-term physical and financial impacts for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Patrick Jones | Aug 23, 2021 | Federal
A study released last week shows negative physical and financial long-term impacts after hospitalizations for COVID-19 across the U.S. Early results from the third wave of the pandemic — from fall 2020 through early 2021 — show that 85% of those hospitalized said they were not back to pre-infection lives
FDA authorized emergency use of portable negative pressure tent
Patrick Jones | Aug 13, 2021 | Federal, Michigan
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use Wednesday to newly designed negative pressure tents made by Michigan Medicine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan Medicine is in talks with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stockpile these tents for the next pandemic and assist
HHS releases AAPI cultural competency RFI
Nicole Pasia | Jul 19, 2021 | Federal, Hawaii
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) released a request for information (RFI) Friday to receive input from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and AAPI-serving organizations on the best practices regarding cultural competency, language access and sensitivity toward Asian Americans and
The complicated politics of a federal “coverage gap” workaround
James C. Capretta | Jul 14, 2021 | Federal
The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are pursuing a two-track legislative agenda for the second half of 2021, although political considerations and a crowded calendar may force a merger. The first bill is supposed to consummate an agreement among a bipartisan group of ten senators for more infrastructure spending.
Physician practice acquisitions accelerated during the pandemic, study finds
Emily Boerger | Jun 30, 2021 | Federal
Physician acquisitions have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to information from the Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI). The latest data shows by January 2021, hospitals and other corporate entities owned close to half of all physician practices in the United States and employed close to 70% of all physicians in
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