by Jordana Choucair | Apr 20, 2022 | D.C. News
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to roll back the Trump administration’s so-called conscience rule. The rule would have allowed health care providers to refuse to offer services that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs. However,...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 20, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Alabama reached a $276 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson, McKesson Corp., and Endo International PLC to resolve claims that they fueled the opioid crisis. The state attorney general said the money will go toward the state’s efforts to combat...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 20, 2022 | Payers
Kaiser Permanente and Cigna announced a five-year agreement whereby Kaiser’s members seeking emergency care while traveling outside the eight states served by the health care system can visit providers contracted with Cigna. Kaiser members will be responsible for the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 20, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration said it will only appeal a federal judge’s ruling that struck down its mask mandate for public transit if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determines that the mask rule “remains necessary for public...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 20, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC launched a new center that aims to model and predict the path of infectious diseases like COVID-19, then relay that information to the public along with federal, state, and local governments. The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics launched during a...
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