by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this year’s flu shot provided “substantial protection” against the virus, majorly reducing the risk of hospitalization in those vaccinated. The CDC said in a release on Wednesday that the vaccine reduced the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis is the latest to sound alarms over rural hospitals’ finances in the coming year, especially if those hospitals are operating in the 11 states that haven’t opted to expand Medicaid. KFF found median operating margins...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves, Uncategorized
Republicans listed fentanyl and opioids as the top public health threat plaguing the U.S. in a new Axios-Ipsos survey, as both parties in Congress seek to spotlight the country’s overdose crisis.The new poll, published on Thursday, found that 37 percent of Republican...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 23, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) leaders say the agency has handed out nearly 500 warnings to hospitals falling short on price transparency as of January and plans to streamline enforcement and standardize hospital reporting requirements. Enforcement...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 23, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A federal judge has temporarily forbidden a former Cigna executive from taking a position at CVS Health as part of an anti-poaching lawsuit. CVS Health hired Amy Bricker, then president of Cigna’s Express Scripts pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary, to be chief...
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