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Western researchers document the sixth ever asteroid spotted prior to impactThe Bears look for an interim coach bump when they visit the struggling 49ersCANTON, Mass., Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Organogenesis Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ORGO), a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of product solutions for the Advanced Wound Care and Surgical and Sports Medicine markets, announced plans to expand manufacturing capacity with a long-term lease for a 122,000-square foot state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility located at 100 Technology Way in Smithfield, Rhode Island. "We are pleased to join the Rhode Island life sciences community as we expand our New England manufacturing capacity to support future growth,” said Gary S. Gillheeney, Sr., President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chair of the Board. "We look forward to strengthening our industry-leading portfolio with this world class biomanufacturing facility.” The company will continue to operate its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Canton, Mass., as well as additional operations in Norwood, Mass., Birmingham, Ala., San Diego, Calif., St. Petersburg, Fla., and Reinach, Switzerland. The Rhode Island lease is contingent upon anticipated state and local tax incentives. Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements relate to expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "future,” "forecast,” "intend,” "seek,” "target,” "anticipate,” "believe,” "expect,” "estimate,” "plan,” "outlook,” and "project” and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Forward-looking statements with respect to the operations of the Company, strategies, prospects, and other aspects of the business of the Company are based on current expectations that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from expectations expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the impact of any changes to the coverage and reimbursement levels for the Company's products (including as a result of recent LCDs or any changes to those LCDs); (2) the Company faces significant and continuing competition, which could adversely affect its business, results of operations and financial condition; (3) rapid technological change could cause the Company's products to become obsolete and if the Company does not enhance its product offerings through its research and development efforts, it may be unable to effectively compete; (4) to be commercially successful, the Company must convince physicians that its products are safe and effective alternatives to existing treatments and that its products should be used in their procedures; (5) the Company has incurred losses in the current period and prior periods and may incur losses in the future; (6) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (7) the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (8) the Company's ability to maintain production or obtain supply of its products in sufficient quantities to meet demand; (9) whether the Company is able to obtain regulatory approval for and successfully commercialize ReNu; (10) the Company may experience delays or cost overruns in its build out of the Smithfield, Rhode Island facility; and (11) other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Item 1A (Risk Factors) of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and its subsequently filed periodic reports. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Although it may voluntarily do so from time to time, the Company undertakes no commitment to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. About Organogenesis Holdings Inc. Organogenesis Holdings Inc. is a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of solutions for the advanced wound care and surgical and sports medicine markets. Organogenesis offers a comprehensive portfolio of innovative regenerative products to address patient needs across the continuum of care. For more information, visit www.organogenesis.com . CONTACT: Investor Inquiries: ICR Healthcare Mike Piccinino, CFA [email protected] Press and Media Inquiries: Organogenesis [email protected]
Texas QB Quinn Ewers leaving Longhorns for the transfer portal after College Football Playoff predicted to potentially lead to a Jackson Arnold situation in Austin | Sporting NewsIt may appear like conservative wypipo have was elected in November, but, if we are being honest, they ain’t been right in the head since 2016. Remember the Travel Ban and how folks bent themselves into intellectual pretzels to rationalize an Executive Order that was blatantly unconstitutional and high-key racist? Or what about that anti-Black, antisemitic Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. that resulted in the assault of DeAndre Harris and the death of Heather Heyer? His supporters swore up and down that race had nothing to do with it when Trump said there were Then, of course, there is what happened on Jan. 6, 2021. When full throated, unapologetic (and ) Trump supporters stormed the capital, that seemed to scare people who put up with his brand of politics but were not overzealous. Democratic norms were shattered that day, and that shook some folks to their core. Things got quiet for a bit after the 42 president officially left office. There were a few years where it seemed like things might get back to something that resembled normalcy. Then, like Jason Voorhees in a bad Friday the 13 sequel, he came back. Dude is unkillable. He ran for President again...and no one stood in his way. He didn’t do a single debate. He did not really engage with the Republican Primary process, and he won the nomination without breaking a sweat. That’s when the MAGA faithful came back outside. Trump flags, once folded and put in the attic, were unfurled and place on flagpoles. Across America, Trump 2020 billboards, long forgotten, were updated, keeping the name but adding 2024. But it is different this time. The Trumpers are more aggressive than 2016. Even more brazen than 2020. Their guy lost an election, but he did not stay gone. He accomplished what few have ever tried...and he won in a resounding fashion. This guy didn’t just win in Kentucky and Alabama — he flipped states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Of course he won in Sioux City, Iowa , but he also won over a lot of people in This made his supporters fearless. They don’t have to only tell their white friends who agree with them that they support him. There is now almost no stigma associated with voting for a man who was indicted and found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a court of law. There is no hiding now. These people are everywhere. There was once a time when individuals who lived in California or New Jersey could say, “Yeah, there is a crazy man in office, but at least no one who lives close to me voted for him.” That’s not true anymore. His supporters are everywhere, and they are emboldened. Burn your sage and find your way to the chu’ch house. You’re going to need all the help you can get to make it through next four years without needing anxiety meds. And even if you can sidestep a Xanax prescription, you might have to visit the sanctified house of every now again. Hold tight. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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Renuka Rayasam | (TNS) KFF Health News In April, just 12 weeks into her pregnancy, Kathleen Clark was standing at the receptionist window of her OB-GYN’s office when she was asked to pay $960, the total the office estimated she would owe after she delivered. Clark, 39, was shocked that she was asked to pay that amount during this second prenatal visit. Normally, patients receive the bill after insurance has paid its part, and for pregnant women that’s usually only when the pregnancy ends. It would be months before the office filed the claim with her health insurer. Clark said she felt stuck. The Cleveland, Tennessee, obstetrics practice was affiliated with a birthing center where she wanted to deliver. Plus, she and her husband had been wanting to have a baby for a long time. And Clark was emotional, because just weeks earlier her mother had died. “You’re standing there at the window, and there’s people all around, and you’re trying to be really nice,” recalled Clark, through tears. “So, I paid it.” On online baby message boards and other social media forums , pregnant women say they are being asked by their providers to pay out-of-pocket fees earlier than expected. The practice is legal, but patient advocacy groups call it unethical. Medical providers argue that asking for payment up front ensures they get compensated for their services. How frequently this happens is hard to track because it is considered a private transaction between the provider and the patient. Therefore, the payments are not recorded in insurance claims data and are not studied by researchers. Patients, medical billing experts, and patient advocates say the billing practice causes unexpected anxiety at a time of already heightened stress and financial pressure. Estimates can sometimes be higher than what a patient might ultimately owe and force people to fight for refunds if they miscarry or the amount paid was higher than the final bill. Up-front payments also create hurdles for women who may want to switch providers if they are unhappy with their care. In some cases, they may cause women to forgo prenatal care altogether, especially in places where few other maternity care options exist. It’s “holding their treatment hostage,” said Caitlin Donovan, a senior director at the Patient Advocate Foundation . Medical billing and women’s health experts believe OB-GYN offices adopted the practice to manage the high cost of maternity care and the way it is billed for in the U.S. When a pregnancy ends, OB-GYNs typically file a single insurance claim for routine prenatal care, labor, delivery, and, often, postpartum care. That practice of bundling all maternity care into one billing code began three decades ago, said Lisa Satterfield, senior director of health and payment policy at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists . But such bundled billing has become outdated, she said. Previously, pregnant patients had been subject to copayments for each prenatal visit, which might lead them to skip crucial appointments to save money. But the Affordable Care Act now requires all commercial insurers to fully cover certain prenatal services. Plus, it’s become more common for pregnant women to switch providers, or have different providers handle prenatal care, labor, and delivery — especially in rural areas where patient transfers are common. Some providers say prepayments allow them to spread out one-time payments over the course of the pregnancy to ensure that they are compensated for the care they do provide, even if they don’t ultimately deliver the baby. “You have people who, unfortunately, are not getting paid for the work that they do,” said Pamela Boatner, who works as a midwife in a Georgia hospital. While she believes women should receive pregnancy care regardless of their ability to pay, she also understands that some providers want to make sure their bill isn’t ignored after the baby is delivered. New parents might be overloaded with hospital bills and the costs of caring for a new child, and they may lack income if a parent isn’t working, Boatner said. In the U.S., having a baby can be expensive. People who obtain health insurance through large employers pay an average of nearly $3,000 out-of-pocket for pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care, according to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker . In addition, many people are opting for high-deductible health insurance plans, leaving them to shoulder a larger share of the costs. Of the 100 million U.S. people with health care debt, 12% attribute at least some of it to maternity care, according to a 2022 KFF poll . Families need time to save money for the high costs of pregnancy, childbirth, and child care, especially if they lack paid maternity leave, said Joy Burkhard , CEO of the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, a Los Angeles-based policy think tank. Asking them to prepay “is another gut punch,” she said. “What if you don’t have the money? Do you put it on credit cards and hope your credit card goes through?” Calculating the final costs of childbirth depends on multiple factors, such as the timing of the pregnancy , plan benefits, and health complications, said Erin Duffy , a health policy researcher at the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. The final bill for the patient is unclear until a health plan decides how much of the claim it will cover, she said. But sometimes the option to wait for the insurer is taken away. During Jamie Daw’s first pregnancy in 2020, her OB-GYN accepted her refusal to pay in advance because Daw wanted to see the final bill. But in 2023, during her second pregnancy, a private midwifery practice in New York told her that since she had a high-deductible plan, it was mandatory to pay $2,000 spread out with monthly payments. Daw, a health policy researcher at Columbia University, delivered in September 2023 and got a refund check that November for $640 to cover the difference between the estimate and the final bill. “I study health insurance,” she said. “But, as most of us know, it’s so complicated when you’re really living it.” While the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover some prenatal services, it doesn’t prohibit providers from sending their final bill to patients early. It would be a challenge politically and practically for state and federal governments to attempt to regulate the timing of the payment request, said Sabrina Corlette , a co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University. Medical lobbying groups are powerful and contracts between insurers and medical providers are proprietary. Because of the legal gray area, Lacy Marshall , an insurance broker at Rapha Health and Life in Texas, advises clients to ask their insurer if they can refuse to prepay their deductible. Some insurance plans prohibit providers in their network from requiring payment up front. If the insurer says they can refuse to pay up front, Marshall said, she tells clients to get established with a practice before declining to pay, so that the provider can’t refuse treatment. Related Articles Health | Which health insurance plan may be right for you? Health | California case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child Health | Eureka council signals support for Sempervirens relocation Health | Your cool black kitchenware could be slowly poisoning you, study says. Here’s what to do Health | Does fluoride cause cancer, IQ loss, and more? Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims Clark said she met her insurance deductible after paying for genetic testing, extra ultrasounds, and other services out of her health care flexible spending account. Then she called her OB-GYN’s office and asked for a refund. “I got my spine back,” said Clark, who had previously worked at a health insurer and a medical office. She got an initial check for about half the $960 she originally paid. In August, Clark was sent to the hospital after her blood pressure spiked. A high-risk pregnancy specialist — not her original OB-GYN practice — delivered her son, Peter, prematurely via emergency cesarean section at 30 weeks. It was only after she resolved most of the bills from the delivery that she received the rest of her refund from the other OB-GYN practice. This final check came in October, just days after Clark brought Peter home from the hospital, and after multiple calls to the office. She said it all added stress to an already stressful period. “Why am I having to pay the price as a patient?” she said. “I’m just trying to have a baby.” ©2024 KFF Health News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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The holiday season is a time to spread joy, and members of the Faith Church of Athens embraced that mission wholeheartedly. Together with the support of the Athens community, members of the congregation delivered over 225 individually wrapped gifts to residents at local nursing homes through the annual Silver Angels program, led by Brandy and Raymond Magee. Now in its fifth year, the Silver Angels initiative brought smiles and heartfelt gratitude to residents of several facilities. At Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare of Athens, church members handed out gifts while singing carols in the halls. “The smiles were heartwarming,” said Brandy. “Thanks to all who made this day very special for so many elderly that seem forgotten during this holiday season.” Another stop was South Place Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing, where volunteers witnessed the profound impact of their efforts. “Some of these sweet residents stole our hearts by the sheer joy they showed at the sight of an unexpected gift,” Brandy shared. “It really is hard to explain how much joy a simple little gift bag can bring to someone.” One resident proudly displayed a handmade Christmas card, saying it was the only card she had received during the holiday season. Athens High School teacher Julie Hill and her students in Child Development, Counseling and Mental Health, and Principles of Education classes prepared handmade Christmas cards for every nursing home resident in Athens. "We are so appreciative of the many collective hours it took to complete such a task! We love seeing this simple project involve and impact so many," the Magees shared. The festive spirit extended to the South Place lunchroom, where some volunteers joined in a lively karaoke concert. At Oak Wood Assisted Living, church members were met with gratitude from both residents and staff. Oak Wood shared their appreciation on social media, writing, “Thank you to Silver Angels for making sure all of our angels were picked for Christmas this year!” Volunteers called the experience an “overflow of blessings.” The program also stopped at Park Highland Nursing Home. Although they missed the Christmas party, the residents’ tree was “loaded with gift bags that were going to be distributed,” Brandy shared. The success of this year’s Silver Angels program was made possible through the generosity and support of countless individuals, organizations, and businesses. Faith Church of Athens extends heartfelt gratitude to Rev. Darren and Melinda Miller, Leonard Smith, Reba and Mitch Davis, Sherri McCool, Shelly Henry, Nancy McLaughlin, Mandie Weber, Stacie Hollis, Hope Sparks, Melissa Jenkins and the team at Loft 175, Donna Wallace, Karen Russell, Brandy Couey, and Magnolia Dental in Mabank. Each of these contributors played a vital role in making the program a success, whether through donations, time, or resources. Their dedication and generosity ensured that every recipient felt the love and care of their community this Christmas season. The Pastor of Faith Church said, “I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the distribution of the Silver Angels bags! It was a great blessing to see their eyes light up when they received their bag. It was an honor to be part of such an awesome ministry. Special thanks to Brandy and Raymond for all your hard work putting this together and to all who gave to make it possible! Merry Christmas, everyone!” Through the efforts of Faith Church members, the Silver Angels program brought not just gifts, but joy, connection, and the spirit of Christmas to those who might otherwise feel forgotten. Brandy summed it up perfectly: “This is exactly why we do it! Thank you for helping us make it happen!”Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78
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