by Jordana Choucair | Jul 5, 2022 | Payers
More than 100 House lawmakers sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services urging the agency to cover medically necessary dental services for Medicare beneficiaries. The request comes as Congress appears unlikely to add dental benefits to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 1, 2022 | D.C. News
The Supreme Court voted to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to prevent power plants from releasing climate-warming pollution. The Biden administration had hoped to issue a major rule requiring electric utilities to reduce carbon dioxide...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 1, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden called for dropping filibuster rules to pass abortion rights into law. Ending the filibuster would mean bills could pass by a simple majority instead of being held up by a minority, but realistically it won’t happen unless Democrats gain at least two...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 1, 2022 | Life Sciences
Senate Democrats plan to submit a revised proposal to lower prescription drug prices for a key procedural review in the coming days as they press forward with preparations for a vote on Biden’s economic package. The plan would allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 1, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
New documents published by the University of California at San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University show that McKinsey & Company found opportunities to boost opioid manufacturers’ sales amid the addiction crisis from 2004 to 2019. According to the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 1, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) published a recap of a meeting held by two of its workgroups to examine challenges to fully integrating telehealth and virtual care for both pain management and substance use disorder (SUD). The first meeting of the four-part...
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