by Jordana Choucair | May 10, 2022 | Providers
The Leapfrog Group released its twice-annual hospital safety grades and an accompanying inpatient experience report showing a general decline among several hospital safety measures concurrent with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 3,000 U.S. general hospitals...
by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Access & Coverage
S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that Tennessee and South Carolina are extending health care coverage to women with low-to-modest incomes for a full year after childbirth. Five other states – Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan,...
by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Mental Health
The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched an investigation into mental health startup Cerebral, citing “possible violations” of the Controlled Substances Act. The subpoena demands the company turns over a slew of documents related to its prescribing of...
by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Payers
A study published in JAMA Health Forum found that prescription drug rebates from drugmakers to commercial health plans are steadily increasing. However, while such rebates can reduce plans’ net costs, they do not reduce patients’ cost sharing. According to the...
by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Providers
Some hospitals are attempting to raise prices by up to 15 percent in an effort to offset mounting costs for nurse salaries. According to employers and insurers, the requests are more than the 4 percent to 6 percent price increases that hospitals typically seek and...
by Jordana Choucair | May 9, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration is issuing a new warning that the U.S. could potentially see 100 million COVID-19 infections this fall and winter. The White House is sharing these estimates as officials are publicly stressing the need for more funding from Congress to combat...
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