by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Washington Post and Axios say Match Day trends show more medical student graduates are shunning the ER and instead choosing specialties like orthopedics and plastic surgery. More than 550 slots for emergency medicine residents were left unfilled this year,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A group of House lawmakers is hoping to outlaw the use of spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the Medicaid program. The Drug Transparency in Medicaid Act, reintroduced Friday, is the latest PBM reform bill launched by this Congress. The bipartisan...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed into law the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills since they became the predominant choice for abortion in the U.S. in recent years. The pills are already banned in 13 states that have blanket bans on all forms of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to people in other states would be protected from prosecution under a new bill to be unveiled Friday in the state Legislature. The bill would not let California extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Schools vying for some of the $25 million the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award to improve primary care must include mental health services in their programs, according to an HHS announcement. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said that “ensuring...
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