Practice Management News

HHS announced a $1.1 billion program to keep COVID-19 vaccines and treatments free for uninsured people once the public health and national emergencies end next month in the United States.

Mutations have allowed SARS-CoV-2 to evade previously effective treatments and preventives that have become a crucial tool for reducing severe COVID-19 and have made treating outpatients with COVID-19 more complicated.

Bivalent messenger RNA booster vaccinations were effective for preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in older adults, according to data presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.

Children aged younger than 3 years receiving a lung transplant have different diagnoses, shorter wait times and comparable long-term survival to older patients, according to a study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The AAP has published an updated version of its policy against tobacco and nicotine products, which includes a recommendation that pediatricians help prevent use among children.

Most physicians who work together with other physician colleagues — as co-owners, employees and/or independent contractors — in the same organization consider themselves as part of a physician practice.

The FDA on Tuesday authorized a second bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for adults aged 65 years or older and most immunocompromised patients, among other changes the agency said will simplify the U.S. vaccine schedule.

Lumacaftor/ivacaftor showed various improvements in kids aged 2 to 5 years homozygous for F508del-CFTR over 48 weeks, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Losing eligibility for Medicaid supplemental insurance was linked to worse health care outcomes for people from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations, according to researchers.

Patients with neuromuscular diseases face an increased risk for respiratory muscle weakness, which can contribute to various health and mental problems that take a significant toll on their lives.