CVS Health announced a new initiative that will address barriers to care in underserved communities across the country.

Transplant surgeons at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital are the first in the Washington Metropolitan area of the United States to successfully utilize a new FDA-approved technology, the OrganOx metra, which simulates connecting a liver to its recipient, allowing the donated liver to be preserved for up to 12 hours before being transplanted into the recipient.

A New York woman was sentenced to 45 months in prison for her role in the submission of fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $9.2 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

The Cedars-Sinai Department of Biomedical Sciences has established a new division that is charged with developing a deeper understanding of the impact of social, behavioral and environmental risk factors on human diseases.  

Improving the mental well-being of residents, including suicide prevention, preventing avoidable disease and injury, and improving air quality, are just three of the major community initiatives that Intermountain Health is focusing on to enhance the health of communities it serves.