by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | D.C. News
A federal court denied the state of Oklahoma’s lawsuit attempting to block enforcement of the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate for federal employees. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and Attorney General John O’Connor claimed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | Mental Health
HHS announced the agency is working with states to promote access to Medicaid services for people with mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) crises via community-based mobile crisis intervention services. The new option will help states connect individuals 24...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | Payers
The CMS released its proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule late Tuesday, revealing that payers would have to offer standardized plan options for every product network type, plan tier type, and plan classification. The CMS said the goal is to allow...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 29, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. has hit a new record average of daily COVID-19 cases, with 254,496 new cases reported in the last week as of Tuesday. That shatters a previous record from all the way back in January. Much of that increase is being fueled by the Omicron variant, and while...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 28, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC shortened its recommended isolation time from 10 days to five days for people who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic. People who were sick but whose symptoms are improving and don’t have a fever can also leave the house after five days, as can...
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