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...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis is the latest to sound alarms over rural hospitals’ finances in the coming year, especially if those hospitals are operating in the 11 states that haven’t opted to expand Medicaid. KFF found median operating margins...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves, Uncategorized
Republicans listed fentanyl and opioids as the top public health threat plaguing the U.S. in a new Axios-Ipsos survey, as both parties in Congress seek to spotlight the country’s overdose crisis.The new poll, published on Thursday, found that 37 percent of Republican...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 23, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) leaders say the agency has handed out nearly 500 warnings to hospitals falling short on price transparency as of January and plans to streamline enforcement and standardize hospital reporting requirements. Enforcement...
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