by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 15, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Changes to school nutrition standards that pushed more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products significantly decreased kids’ and teens’ body mass index after the standards were implemented in 2010, a new study finds. The new study comes as the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 15, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
The Biden administration rolled out three new payment models intended to lower drug costs, including new Medicare coverage options for drugs cleared under accelerated approval. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) did not give a timeline for when the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 15, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth will unwind their longtime Centura Health joint venture, with CommonSpirit taking control of most of the 20 hospitals. The joint venture has reached its “natural maturity,” the health systems said in a news release. Florida-based...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 14, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Kaiser Permanente closed out 2022 with an operating loss of $1.3 billion and a net loss of nearly $4.5 billion, according to a press release with the system’s top-line financials released Friday. A $4.2 billion rise in operating expenses, despite the $2.3...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 14, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
After two consecutive years of declines, suicide rates in the United States increased in 2021, nearly matching the record high from 2018. There were 48,183 deaths by suicide in 2021, after 45,979 in 2020 and 47,511 in 2019, according to data from the Centers for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 14, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services have agreed to push back their planned megamerger by two months. The delay comes weeks after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asked the companies to slow down the deal, which was to close by March 31, while his...
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