by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2022 | Payers
A growing number of Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) insurers have agreed to pay for patients to use prescription digital therapeutics, paving the way for broader coverage among carriers and kick-starting an emerging sector. At least 17 BCBS plans now offer at least one...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone may be safe and effective for over-the-counter use in some forms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday. The FDA would still require data on individual products from manufacturers for them to be...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2022 | M&A
South Dakota-based Sanford Health and Minnesota-based Fairview Health Services unveiled plans Tuesday to merge and form $14 billion health system serving rural and urban patients across the Midwest. The merger would give Sanford Health access to a major metropolitan...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
The March of Dimes released its 2022 Report Card, showing an increase in pre-term births and racial disparities. The report found that the U.S. preterm birth rate reached 10.5% of live births in 2021, marking a 4% increase from the previous year’s rate, and the...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2022 | Access & Coverage
A county judge in Georgia has blocked the state’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, saying the law was unconstitutional when the state legislature approved it in 2019. The ruling will allow the immediate legal resumption in the state of abortions...
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