by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
New cancer diagnoses in the U.S. are expected to top 2 million for the first time in 2024, driven in large part by an alarming increase in cancers among younger Americans, according to new American Cancer Society (ACS) data. Colon cancer is now the deadliest type of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Thirteen health systems are collaborating with high schools as part of a $250 million initiative to boost the health care workforce. Announced Wednesday, the new initiative funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies will work with the public school systems in 10 urban and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Payers, Tea Leaves
To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule Wednesday that requires health plans to send prior authorization decisions within three days for urgent requests and seven days...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Nearly 50,000 veterans made use of an emergency suicide prevention program that was launched by the Department of Veterans Affairs last year. The department said the new policy allowed those experiencing a suicidal crisis to get necessary care, including emergency...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The quality of health care for minority children in the United States is universally worse than it is for white children, even after accounting for insurance coverage, an analysis of dozens of recent studies found. The findings, which come from an analysis of more...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra will be joining with Democratic lawmakers to launch a reproductive health care series this week to highlight efforts by the administration to ensure access to reproductive and contraceptive care. The health care...
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