Healthcare in a Minute

By George W. Chapman President-elect Biden has nominated current California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for the post of secretary at Health and Human Services.

By George W. Chapman A Democratic president will have minimal to no impact on any attempt to reign in drug prices if Republicans retain

By George W. Chapman The FDA has made clear it will not take potentially dangerous short cuts when granting emergency authorization to vaccine producers.

By George W. Chapman Elections are just around the corner and political ads, national and local, are rife with claims that their candidate is

By George W. Chapman The short answer is: don’t hold your breath. A recent article in the New York Times by Reed Abelson explained.

By George W. Chapman What tends to get lost in all the headline-grabbing news related to the pandemic (PPE shortages, morbidity, testing, lingering long

By George W. Chapman No one could have predicted that a pandemic would be the catalyst or “black swan” event for telehealth. Up until

By George W. Chapman In late April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued radical changes to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The

By George W. Chapman Various computer models have attempted to predict U.S. deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. The earliest estimates were upwards of one

By George W. Chapman New York state has issued a directive prohibiting any insurer, including Medicaid, from charging a member for any out-of-pocket costs