by Jordana Choucair | Mar 14, 2022 | Providers
Six health systems have formed an alliance aimed at sharing best practices and other data around improving workforce diversity, well-being, and engagement. The “Evolve Health Alliance” is an extension of workforce-focused collaborations struck by the member groups –...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 14, 2022 | Providers
A jury sided with Sutter Health in an antitrust case that claimed the health system drove up health premiums through anticompetitive behavior. The case comprises three million individuals and small businesses who plaintiffs’ lawyers said paid higher premiums for...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Democrats introduced a bill that would guarantee more health coverage for frontline works, including firefighters, police officers, public school teachers, and city and state workers. Called the Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act, the legislation...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House said it may need to pare back its COVID-19 response without additional pandemic relief funding. According to Press Secretary Jen Psaki, the country’s testing capacity will fall and supplies of monoclonal antibodies and free services for uninsured...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) authored a new advisory legal opinion that clears the way for Boston-based DynamiCare Health to use of contingency management – a harm reduction technique that pays people addicted to drugs to remain clean. Under the...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | Payers
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the Peterson Center revealed that Americans owe at least $195 billion of medical debt. The bulk of the debt (71 percent) is owed by people with over $10,000 in debt. The financial burden falls disproportionately...
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