April 22, 2021 6:12 AM By Brandon Lee
President Joe Biden called on employers to use a tax credit to provide paid time off to workers to get vaccinated and for businesses to do more to boost the inoculation effort as the U.S. seeks to get shots in more arms.
Biden touted the U.S. achieving its goal of giving 200 million vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office, while also pivoting to a new phase of the campaign by calling on businesses to make vaccination as accessible as possible. He requested all employers in the U.S. to offer full pay to workers to get a shot, and touted an incentive included in his first Covid-19 relief package that provides tax credits for workersâ wages in companies with fewer than 500 employees.
Ophelia, a NYC-based healthcare tech startup providing treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), raised $15m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Refactor Capital, and the founders of Flatiron Health, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Allbirds, PillPack, Carbon Health, and Lambda School.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to build and expand its services to patients across the U.S., to soon accept insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid.
Led by Zack Gray, Co-founder and CEO, Ophelia offers an alternative to traditional rehab for the treatment of OUD. Through its telemedicine platform, the company provides Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in a private way for patients who otherwise have no way to access care. MAT works through a combination of medication to stop opioid withdrawal and cravings, plus support and therapy for patients when helpful.
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Implications for the Affordable Care Act under the Biden administration
Unless the Supreme Court strikes down the ACA, it will remain in place for the foreseeable future and will see expansion.
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Few would have predicted the world-changing events of 2020. Predicting the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over the next four years under President Biden seems untenable given how much uncertainty we have lived with. Even so, there is general consensus among many experts about the current healthcare landscape. Value-based healthcare and Medicare Advantage programs will continue to expand. Additionally, healthcare technology investments in digital solutions, interoperability, revenue cycle management and technologies that support value-based solutions and Medicare Advantage will continue to be necessary.
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JACKSON, Mich., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Careline Hospice is pleased to report that the most recent data (Third Quarter 2020), released by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reveals Careline Hospice to lead the best-of-the-best hospice care providers in Michigan as measured by the number of home visits provided to hospice patients under their care, in the last seven (7) days at end-of-life.
Careline Hospice ranks in the top 1.5 percent of all 132 Michigan Hospices and is one of two Michigan Hospice Companies providing more than 8½ home visits to patients in their last seven days at end-of-life.