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...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 13, 2023 | Access & Coverage
A Wall Street Journal article discusses how the Biden administration is expanding states’ ability to use Medicaid funding to pay for food and nutritional counseling. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved three state demonstrations...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 13, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that insurance type plays a role in how significant the financial barriers are to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) used to treat opioid use disorder. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers found...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 13, 2023 | Payers
An analysis conducted by the Health Care Cost Institute found that employer-sponsored health plans pay significantly more than Medicare for costly physician-administered drugs. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020 price markups increased for five of the top 10...
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