by Jordana Choucair | Oct 12, 2022 | Mental Health
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said that pediatricians should routinely screen children as young as 8 for anxiety and kids 12 and older for depression, even if they don’t have symptoms. According to the 2018-2019 National Survey of Children’s...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 12, 2022 | Payers
Employers are embracing digital tools and adding advanced primary care vendors to their benefit packages to streamline the process of connecting patients with providers and cushion the financial blow to their workers. Knowing that the cost of deferred care could...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 12, 2022 | Payers
Bright Health announced that it is discontinuing all of its plans on the ACA’s exchanges and cutting its Medicare Advantage (MA) offerings to two states for the 2023 plan year. The company said it plans to focus on its multipayer care model in markets where that is...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 11, 2022 | Life Sciences
Walmart announced it is launching its Walmart Healthcare Research Institute in an effort to improve clinical trial diversity. The retailer will leverage its reach to help drug researchers connect to older adults, rural residents, women, and minority populations....
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 11, 2022 | Mental Health
Senator Ron Wyden acknowledged that sweeping mental health reform legislation may be pushed to 2023. Wyden said that he and Senate Finance Committee ranking member Larry Crapo “decided we weren’t going to have the debate about resources and revenue get to the point...
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