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HHS ‘roadmap’ aims to tackle nation’s mental health crisis
The initiative prioritizes integrating behavioral health services into primary and other specialty care areas as well as community-based settings like schools.
By Susan Kelly • Sept. 21, 2022 -
Judge denies DOJ’s move to block $13B UnitedHealth, Change deal
The judge’s ruling follows a trial in which the DOJ argued that UnitedHealth’s bid for Change would disadvantage rivals and result in higher costs, lower quality and less innovative commercial health insurance.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 20, 2022 -
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Health sector causes 10% of greenhouse gas emissions, report finds
The congressional report also found a majority of health systems surveyed had been affected by an extreme weather event.
By Susan Kelly • Sept. 19, 2022 -
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Hospitals sending ‘distress flare’ after billions in projected 2022 losses
A Thursday report prepared by Kaufman Hall showed that hospitals are likely to lose billions, driven by an overall expected $135 billion increase in expenses this year, and a $86 billion rise in labor costs alone.
By Sydney Halleman • Sept. 16, 2022 -
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First Medicaid mobile mental health service to launch in Oregon
The program supports the 988 national hotline and is part of President Joe Biden's strategy to combat the country's mental health crisis.
By Susan Kelly • Sept. 14, 2022 -
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Amazon, Walmart among hundreds of employers, health groups urging Senate to extend telehealth flexibilities
The groups sent a letter to lawmakers on Tuesday asking them to extend pandemic-era access to virtually delivered care, including waiving provider and patient location limitations.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Sept. 14, 2022 -
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Biden to ‘supercharge’ cancer moonshot initiative
The president wants the U.S. to cut cancer deaths by at least 50% in the next 25 years, while also turning “more cancers from death sentences into chronic diseases people can live with.”
By Hailey Mensik • Sept. 13, 2022 -
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Overturning of Roe v. WadeSen. Lindsey Graham introduces his strictest national abortion ban yet
The South Carolina lawmaker announced Tuesday that he planned to introduce a 15-week national abortion ban in Congress.
By Sydney Halleman • Sept. 13, 2022 -
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HHS will allow EUAs for monkeypox tests to increase access in US
The move follows the declaration of a public health emergency for the monkeypox outbreak on Aug. 4.
By Ricky Zipp • Sept. 8, 2022 -
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FDA issues first EUA for monkeypox test
Quest Diagnostics' PCR test for monkeypox received emergency use authorization after the FDA issued guidance on how it will evaluate the tests.
By Elise Reuter • Sept. 8, 2022 -
Physician groups urge CMS to prevent payment cuts, protect telehealth
Multiple groups representing doctors oppose Medicare payment reductions at a time when physician practices face escalating costs.
By Susan Kelly • Sept. 7, 2022 -
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OpinionMissed vaccines open path for return of preventable diseases
Immunization rates declined across the board beginning in March 2020, according to the CDC, but the most significant drop was among children who receive vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program.
By Patricia Stinchfield • Sept. 7, 2022 -
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CDC backs updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer, Moderna
One day after the FDA’s authorization, the CDC recommended the companies’ omicron-targeted vaccines for most adults and children over 12 years old.
By Delilah Alvarado • Sept. 2, 2022 -
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New rural hospital designation still needs tweaks and more flexibility, stakeholders say
Rural providers are weighing whether to switch to a new payment model as federal regulators aim to curb hospital closures.
By Samantha Liss • Sept. 1, 2022 -
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Proposed CMS rule would streamline Medicaid, CHIP enrollment
The proposal comes as states begin to notify Medicaid beneficiaries about potential losses of coverage due to the impending end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
By Sydney Halleman • Sept. 1, 2022 -
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FDA clears updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer, Moderna
The new shots, which are designed to better target circulating strains of omicron, could be available within days. Advisers to the CDC are set to meet later this week.
By Delilah Alvarado • Aug. 31, 2022 -
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Funds for free COVID-19 vaccines could run out as early as January, HHS says
The commercial market for COVID-19 vaccinations could be similar to that for seasonal flu shots and other vaccines, the department said.
By Sydney Halleman • Aug. 31, 2022 -
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Monkeypox vaccine supply woes easing, federal health officials say
The HHS so far has made over 1 million vials available to jurisdictions, “which is nearly enough to reach the entire population that's most at risk,” Secretary Xavier Becerra said during a call with reporters Tuesday.
By Hailey Mensik • Aug. 30, 2022 -
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FTC sues data broker Kochava for selling data that could track clinic visits
Kochava called the lawsuit “frivolous” and said the FTC was operating under a “fundamental misunderstanding” of its data marketplace business.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 30, 2022 -
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Biden administration makes record-high investment in ACA navigators
The administration is pouring almost $100 million into organizations that help consumers navigate enrolling in Affordable Care Act plans in 2023.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 29, 2022 -
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OpinionCongress finally eliminates Part D vaccine cost sharing: Medicare coverage is still broken
The Inflation Reduction Act leaves intact a peculiar split in Medicare vaccine coverage that discourages physicians from offering certain vaccines, argues former Moderna Vice President Richard Hughes.
By Richard Hughes • Aug. 26, 2022 -
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Molina, Elevance, Centene win big with Medicaid contracts in California
The managed care organizations already held Medicaid contracts with the state, but the overhaul in counties served is causing one payer to consider appealing the proposed contracts.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Updated Aug. 29, 2022 -
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Overturning of Roe v. WadeHHS tells governors it ‘won’t hesitate’ to tap DOJ for states violating EMTALA
The department urged state governors to request federal funding, including Medicaid funds, to expand abortion access, including for pregnant people traveling from states that restrict or prohibit abortion.
By Sydney Halleman • Aug. 26, 2022 -
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Overturning of Roe v. WadeJudge blocks part of Idaho law, allowing physicians to perform abortions in emergencies
The ruling sides with the Biden administration, delivering a partial win for the DOJ in its first legal challenge since the Supreme Court ruled to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion.
By Samantha Liss • Aug. 25, 2022 -
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Medicare Advantage lobby rebuts senator’s inquiry into ‘potentially deceptive’ marketing tactics
The Better Medicare Alliance is arguing that marketing materials for MA plans are already subject to “careful regulation” and adhere to a 53-page set of federal guidelines.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 24, 2022
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