By forcing providers to coordinate and take responsibility for the overall health of customers, Medicare Advantage can promote the healthcare change we need. It’s a philosophical shift that makes providers think more like insurers and less like businesses that are rewarded for volume, not results.
The Drug Enforcement Administration received 38,000 comments on its proposed rule that would roll back Covid-19 flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine. In response, the DEA chose to temporarily extend the flexibilities, a decision telehealth companies like Bicycle Health and Mindbloom are in support of.
FDA approval of GSK’s respiratory syncytial vaccine Arexvy covers adults age 60 and older an age group at particular risk of developing severe complications from infection. GSK plans to launch Arexvy in time for the 2023/2024 RSV season.
Brad Younggren, 98Point6 chief medical officer, talked about the recent sale of its care delivery division, including a stand-alone virtual clinic, to Transcarent. He also described its new focus on licensing its cloud-based software to health system partners to increase access improve qaliy and lower the cost of care.
Resident physicians at Mount Sinai's Elmhurst Hospital in Queens have voted to authorize a strike. The union that represents these residents has noticed significant disparities in Mount Sinai's compensation and benefits when compared to the resident physicians employed at the health system's flagship hospital in Manhattan.