by Jordana Choucair | Aug 10, 2022 | Mental Health
Amazon.com Inc. is planning to add behavioral health support to its array of medical offerings via a partnership with mental health service provider Ginger. As part of the partnership, the companies will share patient information and provide on-demand access to mental...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 10, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Hawaii Governor David Ige outlined how the state plans to spend the $78 million it’s receiving from a multistate opioid settlement with pharmaceutical industry companies. Ige said state and Hawaii’s counties have agreed to spend the funds on treatment, prevention, and...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 10, 2022 | Payers
A federal judge in Alabama approved Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies’ $2.67 billion antitrust settlement. The ruling ends policyholders’ decadelong legal battle against 34 BCBS plans, alleging that the BCBS Association’s rules capping revenue...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 9, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) published a study revealing that only 3 percent of people got Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange coverage within a year after leaving Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Of those who...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 9, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Kaiser Permanente Northwest and Medical Teams International are partnering to expand mobile services to underserved areas in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Volunteer dentists and doctors will offer services to low-income and marginalized groups via 51 Care &...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 9, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration will proceed with a plan to have patients receive one-fifth of the recommended monkeypox vaccine. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must issue a new emergency declaration granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...
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