by Jordana Choucair | Jun 23, 2022 | Mental Health
The House voted 402-20 to pass a bipartisan package that seeks to address mental health and substance use disorder (SUD). The Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act would allocate $5 million a year to a new a Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 23, 2022 | Payers
Walmart announced it is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to enlist the services of a doula to address racial inequities in maternal care. The retailer started offering doulas to employees in Georgia last year and will expand the same benefit to...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 22, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to propose limits on the levels of nicotine tobacco companies can place in traditional cigarettes. The plan, which follows the agency’s proposed ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes, is an attempt to help prevent young...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 22, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that proposes to update payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Calendar Year (CY) 2023. The rule proposes to increase the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 22, 2022 | Payers
he Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that an employer-sponsored health plan can designate all dialysis providers as out-of-network. In 2018, DaVita sued Marietta Memorial Hospital alleging that its plan violated federal law by not having an in-network option for dialysis and...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 22, 2022 | Payers
Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Susan Collins introduced legislation to reduce insulin prices and cap monthly copays at $35 or 25 percent of the list price — whichever is lower — for both commercial and Medicare plans. The bill would block pharmacy benefit managers from...
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