by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 3, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday that it will phase in controversial changes to the Medicare Advantage risk adjustment model over three years. The Biden administration wasn’t persuaded by the insurance industry and other health...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 3, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Justice Department on Fridayappealed a federal judge’s decision to invalidate the Affordable Care Act requirement for free coverage of specified preventive health services. The move kicks off a legal process that could wind up at the Supreme Court and has...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 31, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Prescriptions for stimulants used primarily to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased by more than 10 percent during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic as access to the drugs expanded via telehealth opportunities, according to new...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 31, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Yesterday, House Democrats reintroduced the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would enshrine federal abortion rights, among other protections to abortion access. The bill, re-introduced in the House for the seventh time, would legally protect providing and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
A federal judge on Thursday issued a ruling that would block the federal government from enforcing mandates for preventive care within the Affordable Care Act, which required insurers to provide a slew of critical screenings to members at no cost. The ruling stemmed...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 30, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Kansas is set to become the latest state to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21. The state Senate passed a bill to raise the required age by a 28-11 vote after the state’s House approved it earlier this month. The bill will now be sent to Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s...
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