by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 2, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
Adults across the United States are being diagnosed with colon and rectal cancers at younger ages, and now 1 in 5 new cases are among those in their early 50s or younger, according to the American Cancer Society’s latest colorectal cancer report. The report says that...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 2, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer announced Wednesday that he is launching an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) and actions that increase health care costs for patients. Comer called for enhanced transparency in the PBM...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 1, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A new white paper that has yet to be peer-reviewed makes a case for the removal of restrictions on physician-owned hospitals (POH), stating that removing the POH ban would allow physicians to invest and innovate in the hospitals where they apply their expertise every...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 1, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Federal health advisers narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could soon become the first shot to protect older adults against the respiratory illness known as RSV. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 7-4 on two separate questions of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 1, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Mississippi state legislature moved one step closer this week to expanding Medicaid coverage for new mothers for up to a year — making it another Republican-controlled state to implement or consider the expansion. As Mississippi inches closer to adopting the...
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