Monday, April 4, 2022: D.C. News

The House on Friday voted 220-204 to remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances so that growing, selling, or possessing the drug would no longer carry criminal penalties. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act would also create a...

Monday, April 4, 2022: Mental Health

Scientists are studying treatments for depression in midlife women that target balancing hormones rather than using traditional antidepressants. For example, scientists at the National Institute of Mental Health are studying a medication that acts on an estrogen...

Monday, April 4, 2022: Payers

S. companies are relaxing many of their COVID-19 requirements as the federal government eases mass preventive measures. Some companies have made masks optional in the office for all workers, while others dropped testing requirements for the unvaccinated or simplified...

Monday, April 4, 2022: Payers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced states can now seek to extend postpartum Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage by 12 months as opposed to just 60 days. Louisiana is the first state to offer the extended coverage,...

Monday, April 4, 2022: Providers

The American Medical Association, the Medical Group Management Association, and 30 other national medical specialty groups are urging the Biden administration to give providers more time to report on COVID-19 pandemic assistance funding. In a letter to HRSA...

Friday, April 1, 2022: D.C. News

Senator Mitt Romney announced that Republicans have struck an “agreement in principle” with Democrats on a $10 billion package to provide further COVID-19 pandemic relief. An additional $1 billion in global vaccine funding could be added, but only if other...