by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
More than 4 million people have called the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline since it launched last July, but a new poll from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) found that 82 percent of Americans remain unaware of the 911 alternative for mental health...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
The proposed merger of Colorado-based UCHealth and Parkview Health System has stalled due to “regulatory matters,” according to financial documents filed this week. Parkview said in the filing that its pending combination with UC Health would not close in...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A new study asserts that while payers should cover telehealth, where these services are the most valuable still requires investigation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made the rules about telehealth usage more flexible during the COVID-19...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Urgent care center chain FastMed has signed another deal handing off many of its Southwest locations to a health system buyer. Arizona-based HonorHealth announced that it had signed a deal to buy out 26 urgent care centers it had been running jointly in the state with...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription for the first time in the United States, a milestone that could significantly expand access to contraception. The medication, called Opill, will become...
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