The 12 biggest health care stories of the year. (Theyâre not all about Covid-19.)
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The new coronavirus dominated news headlines this year. But what were the biggest health care stories of the year? Advisory Board experts round up their top picks for the year including three that are not related to Covid-19. Vice President, Life Sciences and Ecosystem Research
It s hard to think of a bigger story of 2020 than the coronavirus vaccine. With the entire world watching, pharmaceutical companies revolutionized the vaccine development process, and less than a year later we have not one but two authorized vaccine s that demonstrated well over 90% efficacy in Phase III trials. This can only be described as a remarkable scientific achievement.
Congressman-elect Darrell Issa discusses the progress of the petition to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom received some backlash on Tuesday for not picking a Black woman to fill the remainder of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris s Senate term.
The Democratic governor instead selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who is a Latino, to be the state’s next U.S. senator – a first in California’s history. This photo taken from video provided by the Office of the Governor shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right during a virtual meeting from his home in Sacramento, Calif., with California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
California gets Latino US senator, some Black leaders angry
By MICHAEL R. BLOODDecember 23, 2020 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) California is getting its first Latino U.S. senator. For Gov. Gavin Newsom, it’s a political gamble.
The Democratic governor Tuesday named Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. When Padilla goes to Washington, the former state legislator will become California’s first Latino senator since the state’s founding 170 years ago.
In picking a personal friend and fellow Democrat, Newsom had his eye on history and pragmatism he turned to someone he could trust with a year of uncertainty looming, including a possible recall election targeting the governor while the pandemic rages unabated.
The move to value accelerates in 2021, spurred by lack of fee-for-service payments during pandemic CMMI is expected to release fewer, but bigger payment models and more that are mandatory.
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One of the surprising outcomes of COVID-19 this past year is how it has helped move healthcare delivery towards value-based care. That is expected to continue and increase in 2021.
During uncertainty, instead of moving back to the security of the old fee-for-service model, providers saw the benefit of moving down the path to value.
As more than one expert has said, if you were counting on fee-for-service to get paid during the pandemic, you weren t getting paid. If you had a value-based arrangement, you were still getting paid.
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Home / Local News / NY Attorney General leads challenge to Trump’s attempt to limit work authorization for Caribbean immigrants NY Attorney General leads challenge to Trump’s attempt to limit work authorization for Caribbean immigrants
Article by December 23, 2020
SOURCE: CMC – New York Attorney General Letitia James has co-led a coalition of 16 attorneys general from around the United States in opposing a proposed Trump administration rule that would virtually eliminate work authorization for nearly all immigrants, including Caribbean nationals, who were released under orders of supervision.
In a comment letter submitted to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), James and the coalition argue that the proposed rule lacks reasoned justifications and would harm immigrant communities, small businesses, and states’ economies.