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States Target School Cell Phone Use At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do...
Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs Creating Headaches for State Regulators With popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy in short supply, many doctors, pharmacies and other providers have...
In their seminal book on the American health care system, legendary investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele offered a disturbing metaphor for the illogical nature of medical pricing...
PA Lawmakers Pass Bill Regulating PBMs The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill ( HB 1993 ) aimed at increasing oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure...
In a sign of the times, states have begun pursuing bills that require disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence. In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 149 , making the state the first...
Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board could soon impose price limits on up to eight drugs on state-run health insurance plans, including diabetes and weight loss medication Ozempic, ADHD medication Vyvance and asthma medication Dupixent. All of the drugs cost more than $100 a month or $30,000 a year, meeting the board’s definition of being cost prohibitive. (WYPR)
The percentage of physicians employed by hospitals and other corporate entities reached a new high of 77.6% this year, continuing its significant rise over the past decade, according to a new report commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute. In 2012 the rate was 25.8%.
“Corporate entities are assuming control of physician practices and changing the face of medicine in the United States with little to no scrutiny from regulators,” Kelly Kenney, PAI’s CEO, said in a statement. (FIERCE HEALTHCARE)
The nonprofit group R.I.P. Medical Debt estimates it has eliminated over $11 billion of consumer medical debt with the support of philanthropists and city governments. But a study by a group of economists found that debt relief didn’t improve the credit scores or mental health of those whose bills were paid, or make them any less likely to forgo medical care than those whose bills weren’t paid. (NEW YORK TIMES)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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