by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Yesterday, in recognition of National Recovery Month, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released a new analysis that finds the opioid epidemic cost the U.S. a record of nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Payers
Results from The Commonwealth Fund’s biennial Health Insurance Survey show that even though a record number of Americans have health insurance, 43 percent of working-age adults were inadequately insured in 2022. In the survey, based on responses from more than 6,000...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a new report revealing that 27 percent of Head Start grant recipients had incidents of child abuse, lack of supervision, or unauthorized releases to adults. Nearly 20...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2022 | Health IT
A new study published in JAMA Open Network found that the quality between telehealth visits and in-person visits for primary care is comparable. The study examined 16 Health Care Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures across five domains of primary...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2022 | Life Sciences
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will now review only a small number of emergency use authorization (EUA) requests for COVID-19 tests. Companies that request EUAs for their tests will have to demonstrate the tests are likely to have a significant...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 28, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare Part B premiums will decrease for the first time in more than a decade. In 2023, premiums will be 3.0 percent, or $5.20, lower compared to 2022. The program’s annual deductible will also...
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