by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced that starting January 1, 2023, the state Medicaid program will extend dental, vision, and hearing care coverage to about 900,000 adults enrolled in the program. The initiative applies to individuals earning less than $18,700...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2022 | M&A
The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a second request for information to CVS Health Corp. regarding its $8 billion acquisition of home health services provider Signify Health Inc. The request gives the DOJ an additional 30 days to examine the merger, which CVS...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The White House will release a plan today calling on the DOJ, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Indian Health Service to expand the use of medicines such as buprenorphine and methadone in pregnant women. Under the blueprint, Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
In an interview with Politico, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that her planned overhaul of the agency has been hindered by resistance. According to Walensky, the agency has not been able to persuade states to share more information about disease outbreaks, and...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 20, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that COVID-19 caused an increase in maternal deaths in 2020 and 2021, contributing to 25 percent of maternal deaths. The rise in maternal deaths affected Black and Hispanic mothers more during this period...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 20, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a booster dose of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. The booster was authorized for adults ages 18 and older who can’t take an mRNA vaccine or don’t have access to one, as well as for adults who would otherwise not receive a...
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