by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 21, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) released proposals for Congress as part of its March report last week and included a recommendation that would give states the power to not pay full prices under Medicaid for drugs approved under the Food...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 21, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The New York Times interviewed U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, focusing on his mission to address the adolescent mental health crisis. The interview discusses mental health in the context of the current generation, how stigma and other factors keep young people...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 21, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Minnesota has advanced legislation that would shield local providers and their out-of-state patients from action by states that punish those seeking or providing abortions. The state House passed a bill by a 68-62 vote to prohibit enforcement in Minnesota of laws,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Washington Post and Axios say Match Day trends show more medical student graduates are shunning the ER and instead choosing specialties like orthopedics and plastic surgery. More than 550 slots for emergency medicine residents were left unfilled this year,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
A group of House lawmakers is hoping to outlaw the use of spread pricing by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the Medicaid program. The Drug Transparency in Medicaid Act, reintroduced Friday, is the latest PBM reform bill launched by this Congress. The bipartisan...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed into law the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills since they became the predominant choice for abortion in the U.S. in recent years. The pills are already banned in 13 states that have blanket bans on all forms of...
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