Home-based Care Left Out of Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan
President Joe Biden has been making negotiations to get his massive infrastructure plan over the finish line. Some funding related to health care that was originally in the plan ended up on the cuttin...
2 Jul 202110min
Unpacking Apple's health care efforts and digital health's overall maturity
Tech giants like Apple and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, have been trying to push into health care for some time now. But pursuing health care as a business is hard. Recent news of Google re...
25 Jun 202112min
Peering into the MedPAC crystal ball for the future of Medicare payments
June is shaping to be a busy month in the health policy space. Two major events happened this week alone.First, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) survived its latest legal challenge in the Supreme Court. ...
17 Jun 20219min
Insights into FDA's controversial decision to approve a new Alzheimer's treatment drug
This week, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Aduhelm (aducanumab) to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease using an accelerated approval pathway.The drug was approved on June 7, 2021, and...
11 Jun 202113min
States are leading the way on the public option
President Joe Biden included the public health insurance option, commonly referred to as the "public option," as a major pillar of his health care platform during the 2020 presidential campaign.To dat...
4 Jun 202114min
Does the US have a drug innovation problem?
Last week, Representative Katie Porter took AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez to task on drug pricing during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. Porter highlighted the CEO's high salary while po...
28 Mai 20219min
Behind the CDC’s new COVID-19 mask guidelines for those who are fully vaccinated
Last week, the CDC updated its guidance on mask-wearing in public for individuals that are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The agency stated, "if you are fully vaccinated, you can resume activities...
21 Mai 20218min
Three unanswered questions for telehealth's future
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the telehealth landscape. Many physicians and patients had their first experience with a telehealth visit as lockdown measures limited in-person physician offices. Many ...
14 Mai 202112min
