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HHS reports 63-fold increase in telehealth use during pandemic

December 3, 2021 By Danielle Kirsh

A new study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found a 63-fold increase in Medicare telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report analyzed Medicare fee-for-service data from 2019 and 2020 and highlighted that people in urban areas were more likely to seek and use telehealth services than rural residents. In addition, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Technology, Healthcare Reform, Hospital Care Tagged With: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

House committee investigates $70M federal contract for AutoMedx ventilators

January 27, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

A Congressional committee has launched an investigation into a $70 million White House contract for ventilators that reportedly are inadequate to treat people with COVID-19. The Department of Defense signed a $16.2 million contract in spring 2020 to buy SAVe II ventilators, manufactured by AutoMedx (Addison, Tex.), from the supplier Combat Medical Systems, according to the House Committee […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Hospital Care, Respiratory Tagged With: AutoMedx, Combat Medical Systems, coronavirus, COVID-19, FDA, Safeguard Medical, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HHS to supply vulnerable populations with 30M more Abbott rapid antigen tests

December 18, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it will purchase an additional 30 million Abbott (NYSE:ABT) BinaxNOW tests for a variety of groups vulnerable to COVID-19. Recipients will include nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home healthcare, hospice organizations, historically black colleges and universities, Native American tribes and other vulnerable groups, the agency announced. The […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Distribution, Featured Tagged With: Abbott, coronavirus, COVID-19, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Federal watchdog tells HHS, FEMA and DoD: You can do better on COVID-19

September 21, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The General Accounting Office (GAO) took three major federal departments to task today on their coronavirus responses and gave some pointed advice for the future. In a wide-ranging report, the GAO told the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) how to better manage coronavirus-related […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Distribution, Featured, Lab Instruments & Supplies, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Accounting Office, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Feds unveil COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan

September 16, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The Trump administration today released a plan to distribute an eventual COVID-19 vaccine free of charge, initially to targeted groups and more broadly as supply increases. The government is planning a phased distribution using a contract awarded to McKesson in August. The first recipients could include: Healthcare personnel likely to be exposed to or treat […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Distribution, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Lab Instruments & Supplies, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: becton dickinson, coronavirus, COVID-19, McKesson, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

CMS agrees to cover ‘breakthrough’ medical devices

August 31, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Medicare patients will have coverage for medical devices the FDA designates as breakthrough technology under a proposed rule released this morning. Once the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) final rule goes into effect, national Medicare coverage will begin on the date a breakthrough device’s FDA market authorization would begin and continue for 4 years. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Medicare, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: AdvaMed, breakthrough device, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Edwards Lifesciences, FDA, Impulse Dynamics, Medtronic, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

BREAKING: U.S. to reportedly pay Abbott $750M for new COVID-19 tests

August 27, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Multiple reports have said President Trump will announce a $750 million deal with Abbott (NYSE:ABT) for 150 million of its rapid COVID-19 antigen tests. As first reported by Politico before being confirmed by other outlets, a White House official said that Trump will announce the deal tonight, using his speech at the Republican National Convention to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Contract Manufacturing, Diagnostics, Featured, Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics Tagged With: Abbott, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, White House

Labor unions, environmental groups demand federal action on PPE

August 18, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

A group of labor unions and environmental organizations is petitioning the Trump Administration to mandate production of personal protective equipment (PPE) using the Defense Production Act. The petition, submitted Aug. 11 to the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security, dovetails with the FDA’s issuance on Monday of its first list of PPE shortages, […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Distribution, Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

HHS puts $6.5M more toward COVID-19 testing

August 13, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said today it will provide a total of $6.5 million to help two commercial diagnostic laboratories to expand capacity to conduct up to 4 million additional diagnostic tests for COVID-19 per month. The investments in Aegis Sciences (Nashville, Tenn.) and in Sonic Healthcare USA (Austin, Texas) […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Featured, Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics Tagged With: Aegis Sciences, Beckman Coulter Inc., coronavirus, COVID-19, HHS, Sonic Healthcare USA, Thermo Fisher Scientific, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Ventec to take over ventilator production at GM plant

August 13, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Ventec Life Systems and General Motors have delivered more than 20,000 ventilators they built together at a GM plant, and GM plans to turn over production to the medtech company once their federal contract is completed, Ventec announced this week. Production of Ventec’s V+Pro critical care ventilators at the Kokomo, Ind., GM plant began in […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Distribution, Featured, Respiratory Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, General Motors, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Ventec Life Systems

Report: Will Dr. Hahn crack under political pressure?

August 10, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Many jobs have come with increased stress levels during the coronavirus pandemic, from ICU staff to Walmart greeters. Now officials who’ve been keeping tabs on FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn are wondering whether he can weather the strain of defending science while working for the Trump administration, according to a New York Times report. Hahn […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, FDA, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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