by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair, Senator Bernie Sanders, unveiled a legislative package Wednesday with billions in funding for community health centers and training of primary care doctors and other clinicians. The Primary Care and...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Nearly two years after Texas’ six-week abortion ban went into effect, the state’s infant mortalities spiked by over 10 percent in 2022, according to preliminary data obtained by CNN. Texas’ ban, which was the strictest in the U.S. at the time of its...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Stanford Health Care’s resident physicians, who unionized last year, rallied in front of the hospital Wednesday to demand improved pay, working conditions, and care standards as they continue to negotiate their first contract. The physicians, represented by the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Colorado insurance officials announced Wednesday that despite their best efforts, they cannot keep troubled insurtech Friday Health Plans afloat and will instead liquidate the company on August 31. State officials put Friday Health Plans into receivership on June 21...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
An effort to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull a widely used prescription drug monitoring software package off the market is stoking a broader debate over how much technology is influencing opioid prescribing. The Center for U.S. Policy says Bamboo...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
In the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic shift in physician practice ownership as less than half of doctors now work in private practices, according to a new analysis. Between 2012 and 2022 the share of physicians working in private practices fell from 60...
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