by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 23, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
California Governor Gavin Newsom is tapping federal health care funding to cover rent for homeless people and those at risk of losing their housing. States are barred from using federal Medicaid dollars to pay directly for rent, but California’s governor is asking the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 23, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced plans to overhaul the country’s organ transplant system. HRSA said it will focus on accountability and transparency by seeking more contracts to operate the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A Modern Healthcare article says that health care providers such as Advocate Health, Ochsner Health, and Inspira Health are turning their focus to long-term, creative, and cost-effective investments to support employee mental health. With greater attention to employee...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A Kaiser Health News article discusses how relaxed legal requirements for clinicians to prescribe buprenorphine has the potential to improve outcomes for patients with substance use disorder, but stigma around prescribing the medication still exists. One study from...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Justice Department has dismissed its own appeal challenging UnitedHealth Group’s nearly $8 billion acquisition last year of Change Healthcare, a court filing showed. The health care deal was seen as a blow to the Biden administration’s tougher...
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