by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 24, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Reps. Adrian Smith and Debbie Dingell introduced a new bill that would attempt to lower Medicare spending by moving more hospital care into the home. The legislation would create a new Medicare benefit allowing certain beneficiaries not eligible for Medicaid to have a...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 24, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A New York Times article covers concerns that members of the Sackler family, owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, donated millions of dollars to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which has been a source of advice to the White House and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 24, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Supreme Court voted 7-2 to keep the abortion pill mifepristone broadly available as the legal battle over its Food and Drug Administration approval status plays out in the lower courts, according to a Friday evening decision. The court’s action stands to leave...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 21, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Express Scripts will increase reimbursement for independent rural pharmacies, whose ranks havecontinued to dwindle over the past decade. Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager of insurer Cigna, plans to pay more to rural pharmacies that aren’t affiliated with a...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 21, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, government researchers say. Stroke death rates increased for both Black and white adults in 2020 and 2021, according to a Centers for Disease Control and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 21, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Three LGBTQ rights groups are suing the state of Tennessee over a new law that prohibits medical professionals from administering gender-affirming health care to transgender minors. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its...
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