by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Research from the March of Dimes shows that there has been a 2 percent rise in maternity care deserts since 2020. The report classified more than a third of all U.S. counties as maternity care deserts, meaning the county did not have any hospitals or birth centers...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A new report from KPMG found that health care mergers and acquisition activity hit a lull in the second quarter of 2023. There was a total of 245 deals in Q2 2023, 7 percent below deal volume in Q2 2022 and 41 percent below Q2 2021 levels. Forty-two percent of this...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Ohio voters rejected an initiative that was largely seen as an effort to undercut a November vote on adding abortion rights to Ohio’s constitution. The measure, known as Issue 1, would have raised the threshold for amending the state’s constitution from a...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 8, 2023 | Providers
A Health Affairs study found that hospitals charge commercial health plans two to three times more than what they charge the same insurer’s Medicare Advantage plans for the same procedure. Researchers found that the median commercial prices for 46 procedures and...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 8, 2023 | Payers
A Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis of the preliminary insurance rate filings show that ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 6 percent for 2024. According to KFF’s examination of publicly-available documents from 68 insurers,...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 8, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
An analysis of new federal data revealed that only one in five adults who had opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2021 received medication to treat it. People who received treatment through telehealth were about 38 times more likely to receive medication for OUD (MOUD) than...
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