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CDC's new COVID guidance for healthcare workers loosens masking, adjusts asymptomatic screening due to new variants

Updated guidance posted Friday no longer takes vaccination status into account when determining whether healthcare workers should screen, quarantine or mask.
 

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Hospital and health systems' dire finances are spurring layoffs—here are 23 examples from 2022

Despite an industrywide labor shortage, provider organizations say rising expenses and pandemic disruptions are to blame for service cuts, shutdowns and layoffs.

Fierce Healthcare's most influential minority executives in healthcare for 2022

We are honoring leaders who have made a measurable impact on healthcare in the past year and have a demonstrated track record in paving the way forward for others. These leaders have shown examples of innovation, passion and ingenuity.

Cigna launches Pathwell, a concierge care platform that taps into the strengths of Evernorth

Cigna is launching a new concierge care platform that aims to harness both the strengths of its health plan and its sister company, Evernorth.

Grow Therapy, a platform for private practices, reaches $75M in series B funding

Grow Therapy raised $75 million in series B funding. The round was led by TCV and co-led by Transformation Capital, with support from existing backers SignalFire and SVB. Currently, Grow Therapy houses over 3,500 providers, serving patients in 12 states.

Another COVID fall surge may be brewing. Here's what to watch for

There will be a COVID-19 surge this fall and winter. We have new treatments and vaccines. Will they ward off new subvariants?

New data offer glimpse at potential impact of emerging COVID variants

Data from two preprint studies offer some inkling of what challenges the latest COVID-19 variant brings.

Envision Healthcare at high risk of bankruptcy or major restructuring, Moody's warns

Moody's said it expects the physician staffing service and ASC operator to deplete its cash reserve by the end of 2023.

DEA investigates telehealth provider Done for Adderall prescribing practices: media report

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents have begun investigating digital therapeutics company Done Global Inc.’s practices for prescribing controlled substances, The Wall Street Journal reported. Federal authorities have shown growing interest in telehealth companies that prescribe stimulants like Adderall to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Done’s primary competitor, Cerebral Inc., received a grand jury subpoena from the Justice Department for “possible violations” of the Controlled Substances Act in May.

Pharmacies urge Biden to keep COVID emergency powers in place

Drugstores stepped up during the pandemic, administering over 266 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Their lobbying group wants pharmacists to remain an integral part of the healthcare structure. But what do physicians think?
 
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