by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Addiction Professionals of North Carolina Executive Director Sarah Potter authored a blog sharing her thoughts on the current harm reduction controversy playing out at the federal level. Sarah states that while harm reduction isn’t a cure-all, it is “part of a...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Providers
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said its top investigative priorities include fraud in the Provider Relief Fund and managed care companies that overcharge Medicare and telemarketers that convince patients to get unnecessary services. Gregory Demske, chief...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Payers
A federal judge in Texas struck down a controversial piece of the federal ban on surprise medical billing, ruling that HHS was wrong to tell mediators tasked with resolving billing disputes to give extra weight to rates that insurers and providers had agreed to in the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Mental Health
Lawmakers are eyeing several areas of interest related to mental health and substance use policies. Priorities include developing a broader and more diverse workforce to serve a growing population; extending telehealth flexibilities; strengthening youth mental health,...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Life Sciences
Sanofi and GSK said they plan to submit their COVID-19 vaccine for authorization to the FDA and the European Medicines Agency. Two doses of the vaccine had 100 percent efficacy against severe disease and hospitalization. Efficacy against any infection at all was 57.9...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 24, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new CDC National Center for Health Statistics report examines the percentage of children living in food-insecure households. Using 2019–2020 National Health Interview Survey data, the researchers found that 10.8 percent of children lived in households that...
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