by Adam Bonislawski, 360Dx | Aug 7, 2020 | Healthcare
With COVID-19 cases spiking around the country, laboratories have struggled to keep up with increasing demand for molecular SARS-CoV-2 testing. Labs Executives at leading national labs acknowledged during recent earnings calls that test capacity challenges are likely...
by Associated Press | Aug 6, 2020 | Healthcare, Hospitals
Cameron Settles was swabbed for COVID-19 in mid-June at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando and it took him eight days to get the results. Virus “They originally told him that it would be five days,” said Jenna Settles, his wife. “Then...
by Rachel Cohrs | Aug 5, 2020 | Healthcare
The visible text of the order details that presumably the HHS secretary would be directed to “implement his rulemaking plan to test a payment model pursuant to which Medicare would pay, for certain high-cost prescription drugs and biological products covered by...
by Shelby Livingston | Aug 4, 2020 | Healthcare
Health insurer Anthem nearly doubled its profit to $2.3 billion in the second quarter of 2020 as it reaped the benefits of the widespread shutdown of elective procedures and deferrals of routine care during the height the COVID-19 pandemic. Indianapolis-based...
by Rachel Cohrs | Aug 3, 2020 | Healthcare
Senate Republicans on Monday proposed $25 billion in new grant funds for healthcare providers, a liability shield for healthcare facilities and workers, and relaxed terms for Medicare loans in their opening bid in the latest round of COVID-19 relief negotiations. The...
