WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced the Advancing Enrollment and Reducing Drug Costs Act to expand low-income seniors’ access to prescription drugs under
Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser on the White House s coronavirus response team, announced the Biden administration will raise Medicare s reimbursement rates for COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday.
California Sues Nursing Home Chain, Saying It Manipulated Ratings System
The lawsuit, filed by the state attorney general and other prosecutors, accuses Brookdale Senior Living of gaming Medicare’s ubiquitous star-rating system.
Brookdale Senior Living is the largest U.S. chain of nursing homes.Credit.Jessica Ebelhar for The New York Times
March 15, 2021
California prosecutors sued the country’s largest chain of senior living communities on Monday, accusing the company, Brookdale Senior Living, of manipulating the federal government’s nursing-home ratings system.
The lawsuit was filed by California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, and other prosecutors against Brookdale, which operates multiple nursing homes in the state.
The lawsuit, filed by the state attorney general and other prosecutors, accuses Brookdale Senior Living of gaming Medicare’s ubiquitous star-rating system.
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TEHRAN. KAZINFORM Phase 2 and 3 of clinical trial for the first Iranian coronavirus vaccine, COVIran Barakat, began on Monday with two voluntary receivers. Related news
Moradvand, cardiologist, and Rasoulinejad, infectious disease specialist, are the two lecturers of Tehran University Medical Sciences who volunteered to receive the vaccine to begin phase 2 and 3 of its clinical trial, IRNA reports.
Clinical Trial Center Manager in TUMC Dr. Hamed Hosseini told IRNA phase two of clinical trial for COVIran Barakat, developed by Executive Office of Imam Khomeini s Order, began today and the next phase would be carried out afterwards.
He said that the vaccine has received required licenses from Food and Drug Administration of Iran National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research to start the phases.