President Biden on Wednesday will sign an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider using Medicaid to pay for expenses for those who cross state lines to seek abortions. The executive order will direct HHS “to consider action to advance access to reproductive healthcare services, including through Medicaid for patients who travel out of […]
Each day in the U.S., about 6,000 women reach menopause. More than 75% of these women experience uncomfortable symptoms like hot flashes, which usually last between seven and nine years. Oftentimes, women feel like there are no treatments for the physical and emotional changes they experience during this life stage, so they opt to silently tough it out, according to […]
In pop culture news, Monica Lewinsky would prefer that Beyoncé not reference her in one of her songs. In health news, the Justice Department filed its first lawsuit against a state law in the wake of a Supreme Court decision allowing states to ban or severely restrict abortion. Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest moves on policy and news affecting your […]
Earlier this year, a patient of an Oklahoma hospital had been in and out of the emergency department six times in the previous 10 days for treatment of a severe bone infection. But because he lacked trust in the healthcare system, he didn’t want to stay in the hospital. So he was offered care in the home. The only issue […]
Elevance Health is teaming with Aledade to work with independent primary care physicians across the country as they transition from fee-for-service models to value-based care payment. The partnership between Elevance Health, formerly known as Anthem, and Aledade, a physician enablement company, means independent providers with Elevance Health’s affiliated insurance plans will be able to access Aledade’s technology and local-in person […]
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) is the newest face on the home health public market. External factors have made it far from a red-carpet welcome. Its cost per visit shot up in the second quarter, the proposed home health rule is hanging over its head and – all the while – it’s dealing with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans […]
As a mother of two young boys, Ellen DaSilva said she and other parents in the U.S. feel “generally feel pretty underserved by the existing pediatric care infrastructure.” She and her husband have waited hours in the emergency room to obtain answers to simple questions about their children’s health, and they sometimes wait days for their pediatrician to call back. […]
The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that challenges Idaho’s restrictive abortion law, arguing that it conflicts with a federal law requiring doctors to provide pregnant women medically necessary treatment that could include abortion. The federal government brought the lawsuit seeking to invalidate the state’s “criminal prohibition on providing abortions as applied to women suffering medical emergencies,” Attorney General […]
Two exploding areas of health care are behavioral health and home-based care services. Increasingly, the two are also colliding. The most recent example comes from the at-home care provider and coordinator MedArrive. The startup has partnered with Brave Health, a virtual-first behavioral health provider specifically focused on the Medicaid population. “We were already running a care program with some dual-eligibles,” […]
Dive Brief: The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Idaho, claiming that the state’s near-total abortion ban blocks clinicians from providing necessary care in emergency situations, a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Idaho’s abortion law, expected to take effect on Aug. 25, bans almost all abortions and criminalizes doctors who perform abortions […]