by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic will end this week. The end of the emergency allotments aimed at combating food insecurity will impact more than 41 million Americans who...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Fourteen rural-state senators are calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend a payment policy that increases payments to hospitals in areas with lower overall wages, which is set to expire at the end of the government’s 2023 fiscal year. The...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Payers should be keeping a close eye on developments in the drug pipeline for Alzheimer’s disease therapies—and how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responds to those developments, according to a new report from Optum. The report...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) tapped 10 digital health innovators for their suicide prevention solutions as part of its $20 million Mission Daybreak grand challenge. The VA launched the multiphase challenge in May 2022, receiving more than 1,300 pitches for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The federal government is moving to require doctors to evaluate patients in person before writing prescriptions for some controlled medications, such as Adderall and OxyContin. The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Friday that it is seeking to revert rule...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this year’s flu shot provided “substantial protection” against the virus, majorly reducing the risk of hospitalization in those vaccinated. The CDC said in a release on Wednesday that the vaccine reduced the...
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