by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 12, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
In recent weeks, House Republicans have been eyeing new work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries and food stand recipients. Top lawmakers have publicly endorsed rules that could force some enrollees to find a job and work longer hours or risk losing the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 7, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A new bipartisan House bill seeks to tie physician payment rates to inflation as doctor groups have implored lawmakers to overhaul the federal pay process. The Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, introduced Thursday, aims to address concerns amid...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 7, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its final decision to withdraw its approval of Makena, a drug approved more than a decade ago to reduce the risk of preterm birth that had been the only medication approved for the condition. The FDA...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 7, 2023 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
Digital mental health startups that sprang up during the pandemic would lose the ability to prescribe medicines remotely under a proposed rule from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that would restore the pre-pandemic requirement that patients visit clinicians...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 7, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Idaho’s governor signed a law this week making it illegal for an adult to transport a minor to get an abortion without parental consent, making Idaho the first state to limit interstate travel for abortion. Governor Brad Little signed legislation creating a new crime...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 6, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Medicaid covers one-fifth of Americans who seek behavioral health services, but what the program pays psychiatrists varies widely across the country, according to a new study. Additionally, psychiatrists received 81 percent of the pay that they’d get from Medicare for...
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