A senior administration official said usage of the antiviral regimen has “more than doubled” over the last few weeks, but the administration has more supply at the ready that can save lives and prevent serious disease if prescribed in a timely fashion.
In early April, patient Beth Joyner Waldron received an unexpected call from a man who said he worked for CVS.
Despite success in preventing serious illness and death, there's growing pressure to develop vaccines better at fending off milder infections, too — as well as options to counter scary variants.
Medicare Part B special enrollment periods for exceptional conditions have never been offered before, according to CMS.
Texas can continue its waiver—which expanded Medicaid managed care, created an uncompensated care program for providers and set up incentive payments to hospitals for care transformation efforts.
