by Jessica Casebolt | May 20, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Uber has announced a new platform to help caregivers facilitate transportation for those they care for. The move also further expands the company’s footprint in the health care space. The new offering, unveiled on Wednesday at the company’s annual product event,...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 20, 2024 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
Epic Systems was the only electronic health record vendor to increase its market share in 2023, according to a new report. The Wisconsin-based company added beds and customers, increasing its total market share to 39 percent of acute care hospitals and 52 percent of...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 20, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Senators Ted Cruz and Katie Britt announced Monday they are introducing legislation to protect legal access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created by the treatment are children. Cruz and Britt...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 17, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Nurse practitioners (NPs) have become integral in primary care, assuming tasks traditionally handled by doctors; however, a new trend sees NPs and physician assistants (PAs) increasingly entering specialty practices like cardiology and dermatology, expanding their...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 17, 2024 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Kansas has awarded new contracts in its more than $4 billion Medicaid managed care program to plans operated by incumbents UnitedHealth and Centene. CVS, however, was displaced by newcomer Healthy Blue, a plan majority owned by Elevance. Kansas’ Medicaid program,...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 17, 2024 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday unveiled a historic proposal to ease restrictions on marijuana, a rule that, if enacted, would also enable more research on its medicinal benefits. The proposal, first announced in April, would reclassify cannabis from a...
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