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The U.S. Has Flattened the Curve. Next Up Is ‘Squashing’ It — and That’s Not Going Well

April 27, 2020 / BY CHRIS WILSON  At the end of every day, I download the latest figures on new COVID-19 infections around the world and across the country. It takes about 60 seconds for the code I wrote to fetch the data, clean up the formatting, and generate day-by-day charts below for 10 countries and all 50 states …

RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc.® Announces Second Amendment to Equity Purchase Agreement

DEERFIELD, Ill., April 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RTIX), a global surgical implant company, today announces a second amendment to its definitive agreement for the sale of RTI Surgical Holdings’ OEM business to Montagu Private Equity LLP (‘Montagu’), a leading European private equity firm. Second Amendment Overview Reduces the cash …

HHS creates portal for COVID-19 provider reimbursement

April 27, 2020 / MICHAEL BRADY Providers can request reimbursement through a new web portal starting May 6 if they have treated or tested an uninsured patient for COVID-19, HHS said on Monday. HHS will reimburse providers at Medicare rates for services dating back to February 4 if funding is available. Providers can claim reimbursement after …

Small Business Loans Site Crashes On First Day Of Reopening

April 27, 2020 / DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN Small businesses, already hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, can’t seem to catch a break. On the first day of the reopened Paycheck Protection Program, a key lifeline from Congress, banks are reporting that the Small Business Administration’s portal is not working. Bankers told NPR on Monday that the system, …

Federal government taking steps with states to ramp up testing

April 27, 2020 / By John Roberts, Ronn Blitzer | Fox News The White House is taking steps to dramatically ramp up testing for coronavirus during the months of May and June, working in partnership with the nation’s governors, Fox News is told. Senior administration officials say they will be doing many more tests during those months than they have cumulatively done so far. The …

Coronavirus lingers in the air of crowded spaces, study finds

April 27, 2020 / By Christopher Carbone | Fox News The novel coronavirus that has swept the globe, infecting over 3 million people and killing at least 208,131, can linger in the air of crowded spaces. A new study published Monday in the journal Nature Research revealed that bits of COVID-19’s genetic materials were found floating in the air of hospital …

Some of $50 billion CARES Act provider grants went to closed hospitals

April 26, 2020 / RACHEL COHRS In a rush to get money to providers in desperate financial situations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HHS sent some of providers’ $50 billion in general grant funds to facilities that have closed. HHS’ first $30 billion grant distribution was sent automatically based on 2019 Medicare fee-for-service reimbursement. It …

EOS imaging Reports Its Full Year 2019 Results and First Quarter 2020 Revenues

April 27, 2020 PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: EOS imaging (Paris:EOSI) (Euronext, FR0011191766 – EOSI – PEA-PME eligible), a leader in 2D/3D orthopedic medical imaging and software solutions for 3D anatomical modeling and surgical planning, today announces its consolidated annual results for the year to December 31, 2019 and its revenues for the first quarter of 2020, as …

Prior authorization requirements have been eased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but frustrations remain

April 27, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way healthcare does business — sometimes in temporary ways, sometimes in ways that may suggest permanent change when the crisis has passed. Prior authorizations are one aspect of healthcare delivery that have been altered. Many insurers are waiving prior authorizations for diagnostic …

ATEC Terminates Agreement to Acquire EOS Imaging

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (“ATEC” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ATEC), a medical device company dedicated to revolutionizing the approach to spine surgery, announced today that it has terminated the Tender Offer Agreement (“TOA”), dated February 26, 2020, under which it was to acquire EOS imaging, SA (“EOS”), for …

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