The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights in the United States. The 6-3 decision in the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, was telegraphed in May by an unprecedented leak of an early draft of the majority opinion, written by Justice […]
The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to safety-net hospitals’ Medicare rate calculation. The high court resolved a years-long fight between the Health and Human Services Department and the hospital industry by ruling the agency appropriately interpreted Medicare law when it changed a formula for calculating safety-net payments in 2005. The 5-4 decision, authored by Justice Elena Kagan, reverses […]
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to effectively overturn the constitutional right to an abortion granted in Roe v. Wade presents a thicket of legal concerns and “chaos” for providers across the country, experts say. With this opinion, 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute. There are also so-called zombie laws that have been […]
Baptist Health (Louisville, Ky.) topped out its Baptist Health Hamburg facility under construction in Lexington, Ky., according to an article in kentucky.com. The four-story ambulatory care center will include an emergency department (ED), cancer center, medical office building (MOB), and breast imaging diagnostic services. Future plans call for parking garages. The 330,800-square-foot project is scheduled to open in spring 2024.
Across the nation, states are preparing for the impending Supreme Court ruling on the case challenging Mississippi’s ban on abortions past 15 weeks, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, expected any day. Based on the May 2nd leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision, many expect the Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the federal standard protecting the right to […]
Florida-based grocery chain Publix this week said that it will not offer the COVID-19 vaccine to children under five years of age at this time. Responding to a customer’s question on Twitter, Publix confirmed that parents would be unable to vaccinate their young children at their stores and suggested that customers speak with their pediatrician’s offices, community health centers, children’s […]
Virtual-first care is a telehealth trend that’s emerged in the past few years. Virtual-first care directs patients to a video visit, call, or other digital interaction with a clinician before or instead of an in-person visit. Payers, self-insured employers, and some providers use virtual-first care in primary and urgent care settings to more easily triage the patient’s care needs, determine […]
CVS Health and Walgreens see business opportunities in promoting participation in medical research, especially among segments of the population that have historically been underrepresented in clinical trials. Scientists struggle to recruit and retain study subjects in about 80% of trials and less than 5% of the U.S. population has taken part in clinical research, according to the National Institutes of […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is facing an uphill climb as she seeks to win over GOP colleagues for a bipartisan insulin bill ahead of a vote expected next month. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday said the bill from Collins and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to lower insulin costs would come to the floor “very soon.” Backers say the […]
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