by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is helping incarcerated adults and children obtain access to Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage before they leave a prison, jail, or youth correctional facility. The agency’s action will...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Biden administration is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to train primary care clinicians to better serve older adults, officials announced Monday. America faces a shortage of geriatricians, who specialize in health care for patients over 65 years old....
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
OptumRx will pay $20 million to resolve claims the company violated the Controlled Substances Act by improperly filling certain opioid prescriptions, the Department of Justice recently announced. The agency claims OptumRx did not fill prescriptions correctly for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Medical schools across the country are actively seeking to increase representation of Black, Hispanic, and Native American students, who are significantly underrepresented in medicine. Research indicates that patients of color often prefer physicians of their own...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The Supreme Court’s Chevron decision, which granted agencies flexibility in interpreting unclear statutes and allowed lawsuits challenging old regulations based on new claims of harm, is expected to spark numerous legal challenges against federal policies. This...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Dr. Bruce Scott, the newly appointed president of the American Medical Association, aims to address several key challenges during his one-year term. His primary focus is reducing health care reliance on non-physician providers, a trend he believes undermines the...
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