by Jessica Casebolt | May 17, 2024 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday unveiled a historic proposal to ease restrictions on marijuana, a rule that, if enacted, would also enable more research on its medicinal benefits. The proposal, first announced in April, would reclassify cannabis from a...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 17, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The staggering cost of mental health inequity in the United States threatens to rise to a cumulative $14 trillion by 2040 if left unaddressed, according to a new analysis by Deloitte and the School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College. The U.S. currently spends...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
New cancer diagnoses in the U.S. are expected to top 2 million for the first time in 2024, driven in large part by an alarming increase in cancers among younger Americans, according to new American Cancer Society (ACS) data. Colon cancer is now the deadliest type of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Thirteen health systems are collaborating with high schools as part of a $250 million initiative to boost the health care workforce. Announced Wednesday, the new initiative funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies will work with the public school systems in 10 urban and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Payers, Tea Leaves
To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule Wednesday that requires health plans to send prior authorization decisions within three days for urgent requests and seven days...
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