by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A report from Epic Research found that once joining Medicare, patients are 50 percent more likely to get health screenings for breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Patients with other undiagnosed diseases, such as depression, COPD, type 2 diabetes, lung or prostate...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first version of over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone from a nonprofit company, a move that could bring cheap and even free doses of the opioid overdose drug to Americans who need it most. RiVive, made by Harm...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Nearly 4 million Medicaid recipients have lost coverage since the end of the public health emergency, but most of those were disenrolled due to procedural issues, not ineligibility. Such issues include misdirected paperwork, mistakes by state agencies, and other...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Government loans during the COVID-19 pandemic helped boost staffing hours at some nursing homes, with lower-paid certified nursing assistants benefiting the most, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open on Thursday. Researchers found that within four weeks...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that alcohol-related death rates among women increased by an average of nearly 15 percent each year from 2018 to 2020. For men, the rate of alcohol-related deaths has been on the rise since 2009, with particularly sharp...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services have called off their 58-hospital merger plans after multiple delays and opposition from “certain Minnesota stakeholders,” the former system announced Thursday evening. The deal was announced in November and would have...
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