by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Life Sciences
A group of 100 federal lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to use controversial provisions of federal law to lower prescription drug prices. The lawmakers sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to discuss the issue, reiterating calls for the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Mental Health
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a new brief exploring the latest national data on mental health and substance use trends among adolescents. According to the brief, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents nearly doubled from 2019 (282 deaths) to 2020...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Mental Health, Payers
Government watchdogs told a House panel that Congress should crack down on the Medicare Advantage program, saying the private health plans for seniors sometimes deny access to needed medical care and inflate charges by billions of dollars. The watchdogs said lawmakers...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Payers
The Supreme Court announced that it will not hear an appeal from two self-insured employers and their workers, which sought to hold Anthem and Express Scripts accountable for prescription drug costs. The court’s decision not to take the case leaves unanswered...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 29, 2022 | Providers
Kaufman Hall’s latest National Hospital Flash Report indicates that hospitals continue to perform below pre-pandemic metrics, even though revenue and patient volume have improved. The median change in operating margin was up 18.9 percent in May over April, but down...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 28, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The American College of Physicians released a paper declaring inadequate access to nutrition a threat to public health in the U.S. The organization stated that physicians and other medical professionals need to be empowered to better account for social determinants of...
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