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After Moderna leadership revealed plans to potentially quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and others criticized the move.

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HHS is moving forward with drug price negotiations afforded to CMS under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Ransomware

Healthcare organizations are under threat from a rapid increase in ransomware attacks, putting patient health information at risk.

Medicare money payment physician. The CardioVascular Coalition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have both issued new statements highlighting their issues with the 2024 MPFS proposed rule. 

CVS Health Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm for the retail pharmacy giant, has invested $100 million into Carbon Health, a “hybrid” primary care services provider.

 

CVS Health is exploring a sale of Oak Street Health, a primary care provider for Medicare patients, in a deal that could fetch $10 billion. The news was first reported by Bloomberg.

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Welcome to Movers and Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry, featuring leadership changes at Rite Aid and Oak Street Health.

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.