by Jordana Choucair | Sep 30, 2022 | Mental Health
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that U.S. suicide rate rose in 2021 after two consecutive years of declines. In 2021, 47,646 people in the U.S. died by suicide, up from 45,979 in 2020. The four-percent increase...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 30, 2022 | Providers
A federal judge ordered that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must reinstate full 340B drug payments for the rest of 2022. Judge Rudolph Contreras’ ruling followed a Supreme Court decision in June that ordered HHS to pay providers for the smaller...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved new Medicaid initiatives in Oregon and Massachusetts. Oregon’s demonstration will ensure children on Medicaid keep their coverage until 6 years of age without families needing to renew any coverage. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House announced that over 100 private and public entities committed more than $8 billion to the “food is medicine” movement linking nutrition and chronic illness. Of the committed funds, $2.5 billion will be invested in startup companies...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Online grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a new business initiative aimed at expanding access to nutritious food for underserved communities. Instacart plans to focus on three pillars: help increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule that would change the nutrition standards that foods must meet before they can carry the “healthy” label on their packages. The agency said the change “would align the definition of the...
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