by Jordana Choucair | Nov 4, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Teva Pharmaceuticals will pay the state up to $523 million to settle claims related to its role in fueling the state’s opioid crisis. The funds are part of Teva’s $4 billion-plus global settlement, which...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 4, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
New CDC data indicate that alcohol-induced deaths surged about 26 percent in the first year of the pandemic, after annual increases of about 7 percent. From 2019 to 2020, deaths from alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis increased 50 percent, deaths from mental and...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 3, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Several influential Republicans have signaled a new willingness to reduce federal spending on Social Security and Medicare. They say that changes are needed to narrow government spending on the programs, which are set to consume a growing share of the federal budget...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 3, 2022 | M&A
UnityPoint Health and Carle Health announced they have entered into an agreement for Carle Health to become the parent organization of UnityPoint Health’s central Illinois region. The deal includes 634 collective beds of Methodist Hospital, Proctor Hospital, and Pekin...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 3, 2022 | Payers
The Senate Finance Committee released a report urging the Biden administration to crack down on deceptive Medicare Advantage (MA) marketing. The committee began collecting information on MA marketing complaints from 14 states in August. Their investigation revealed...
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