The Biden administration has postponed a rule change that would eliminate compensation for the most common type of vaccine injury paid under a federal program. The rule change to remove vaccine-caused shoulder injuries from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was set to begin Feb. 22.
Spiros Hatiras, president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems, announced the appointment of Dean Vitarisi as chief financial officer (CFO) at Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems. “We are proud to welcome Dean to our leadership team here at Holyoke Medical Center and the affiliates of Valley Health Systems. He brings with him over 20 years of hospital finance experience and will play an integral part in the financial management of our organization,” Hatiras said.
Catholic Medical Center will delay the start of its expansion project by a year given the financial blow caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital officials now expect to break ground on the nearly $200 million project in the spring of 2022, according to an update sent to the Planning Board earlier this month.
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Digital health startup Sharecare Inc said on Friday it has agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm backed by veteran investment banker Alan Mnuchin, in a deal that values the combined company at $3.9 billion.
U.S. House Democrats are trying again to entice Georgia and other holdout states to expand Medicaid coverage with the prospect of billions of dollars in federal cash. The new offer, included in a massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that House Democrats are pushing through committees this week, could help provide health coverage to more than 2 million Americans – more than 400,000 in Georgia.