by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 21, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Express Scripts will increase reimbursement for independent rural pharmacies, whose ranks havecontinued to dwindle over the past decade. Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager of insurer Cigna, plans to pay more to rural pharmacies that aren’t affiliated with a...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 21, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, government researchers say. Stroke death rates increased for both Black and white adults in 2020 and 2021, according to a Centers for Disease Control and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 21, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Three LGBTQ rights groups are suing the state of Tennessee over a new law that prohibits medical professionals from administering gender-affirming health care to transgender minors. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened an Office of Rural Health at the agency to improve rural health research and provide analyses that lead to good public health policies for rural communities. In December 2022, President Biden...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
According to the American Medical Association (AMA), the cost of malpractice insurance is surging in some states, and the increased premiums threaten access to health care in areas seeing the biggest bumps. The AMA report marks the fourth year in a row of increased...
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