by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 23, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced plans to overhaul the country’s organ transplant system. HRSA said it will focus on accountability and transparency by seeking more contracts to operate the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
A Modern Healthcare article says that health care providers such as Advocate Health, Ochsner Health, and Inspira Health are turning their focus to long-term, creative, and cost-effective investments to support employee mental health. With greater attention to employee...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A Kaiser Health News article discusses how relaxed legal requirements for clinicians to prescribe buprenorphine has the potential to improve outcomes for patients with substance use disorder, but stigma around prescribing the medication still exists. One study from...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Justice Department has dismissed its own appeal challenging UnitedHealth Group’s nearly $8 billion acquisition last year of Change Healthcare, a court filing showed. The health care deal was seen as a blow to the Biden administration’s tougher...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 22, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned part of the state’s near-total abortion ban, ruling in a 5-to-4 decision that the procedure would be lawful if there is a reasonable chance that a pregnancy could threaten a pregnant person’s life. Oklahoma’s constitution protects...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 21, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Dozens of safety-net hospitals across five states filed a lawsuit last week against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), alleging that yearslong delays in correcting Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments have cost them “tens of...
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