Health #45 - Medicare 👴🏿, Mandates 💉, and a lawsuit ⚖️

The top court’s decision paves the way for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withhold Medicare funds from provider organizations that do not implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement across their workforce.

This is a 21% increase in sign-ups on the federal exchange compared with the previous year’s open-enrollment period. A robust outreach campaign and broader consumer subsidies are credited for the increase.

The Dove soap maker laid out its biggest strategic shift in years after disclosing a $68 billion approach for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer-health business.

Payer groups applauded CMS’ proposal to only cover the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm for patients in clinical trials.

Following a mass exodus of leadership that caused its shares to drop 36% in a week, virtual behavioral health company Talkspace now faces a securities fraud class-action lawsuit. The suit alleges the company failed to disclose certain growth headwinds before it went public last June.

Medicare patients are at the forefront of much of the change sweeping the healthcare industry, including shifts to virtual care delivery, more home care, and the adoption of value-based care models.

Read the original newspaper article from the The Oshkosh Northwestern in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Mar 26, 1966.

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