by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 24, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Federal health officials are continuing to investigate a multi-state outbreak of drug-resistant infections linked to eye drops. At least 3 people have died, and 68 people from 16 states were diagnosed with a rare strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in connection with the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 24, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Aledade, the nation’s largest independent primary care network, announced yesterday that Cigna Healthcare Medicare Advantage customers can now receive value-based care from Aledade’s network of independent primary care practices in Delaware, Maryland, and the District...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 24, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts attributed the change to improved screening and autism...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 24, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The US government is setting more goals around biomanufacturing efforts, with a vision for stronger supply chains and greater domestic production. A report released by The White House yesterday lays out “bold goals,” including an aim to produce at least a quarter of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 24, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval yesterday, capping a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government’s coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 23, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
California Governor Gavin Newsom is tapping federal health care funding to cover rent for homeless people and those at risk of losing their housing. States are barred from using federal Medicaid dollars to pay directly for rent, but California’s governor is asking the...
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