by Jessica Casebolt | May 28, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Providers and health systems are preparing to weigh in on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ideas for how to use Medicare to improve maternal health. While Medicare covers fewer pregnant, birthing, and postpartum patients than other payers...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 28, 2024 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
Health care’s cybersecurity challenges have shined a light on how the industry has failed to protect patient data by not dedicating enough resources to address the problem. Health systems and insurers are dealing with the aftermath of the industry’s latest large-scale...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 24, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
After several years of modest or declining growth, the average pay for doctors jumped 5.9 percent in 2023, rebounding from a decline of 2.4 percent in 2022. Most medical specialties experienced positive growth in 2023, with the top 10 seeing annual growth rates...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 24, 2024 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) in the country, has notched a major partnership with independent pharmacies amid contentious relations between the two industries. The Cigna-owned PBM unveiled a collaboration on Thursday with...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 24, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves, Uncategorized
Arizona doctors can now legally provide abortions in California for Arizona patients needing to travel out of state for care. The bill, titled Senate Bill 233, allows Arizona abortion providers to be quickly approved for work in California. It was introduced by Newsom...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 23, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Mayo Clinic is partnering with Zipline to provide drone delivery service for medications and supplies directly to patients’ homes as part of its advanced hospital-at-home program. The health system will integrate Zipline’s Platform 2 drone system into its...
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