Tuesday, May 16, 2023: D.C. News

President Joe Biden on Monday nominated cancer specialist Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to become director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bertagnolli is a cancer surgeon and researcher who, last fall became the first female head of the NIH’s National Cancer...
Ascension Recovery Services

Ascension Recovery Services

Ascension Recovery Services (Ascension RS) helps individuals and organizations build financially viable behavioral health treatment programs offering a continuum of high-quality, effective services. Since 2013, Ascension RS has assisted in opening and providing...

Friday, May 12, 2023: D.C. News

A key Senate panel advanced a package of bipartisan bills aimed at improving generic drug competition and reforming the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The bill would prohibit a PBM practice known as “spread pricing,” or charging health plans...

Friday, May 12, 2023: Mental Health

New CDC data show that U.S. adolescents made fewer weekly visits to emergency departments for mental health issues in Fall 2022 compared to 2021, but teen suicide and overdose ED visit rates remain high. By late 2022, pandemic restrictions had been loosened or lifted,...