by Jordana Choucair | Apr 5, 2022 | Payers
A recent RAND Corporation study found that regional health care markets across the country have experienced significant divergence in commercial-to-Medicare price ratios between 2012 and 2019, causing insurers to pay vastly different rates to hospital systems....
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 5, 2022 | Providers
Walmart Health announced it will open five new locations in Florida in the coming months – two clinics in Jacksonville, two in Orlando, and one in Tampa. Walmart’s clinics provide chronic disease management, urgent care, and mental health counseling, along with...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 4, 2022 | D.C. News
The House on Friday voted 220-204 to remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances so that growing, selling, or possessing the drug would no longer carry criminal penalties. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act would also create a...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 4, 2022 | Mental Health
Scientists are studying treatments for depression in midlife women that target balancing hormones rather than using traditional antidepressants. For example, scientists at the National Institute of Mental Health are studying a medication that acts on an estrogen...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 4, 2022 | Payers
S. companies are relaxing many of their COVID-19 requirements as the federal government eases mass preventive measures. Some companies have made masks optional in the office for all workers, while others dropped testing requirements for the unvaccinated or simplified...
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