It’s the best of times. It’s the worst of times — for telehealth companies, that is. No one category has seen its value in healthcare delivery be proven during the pandemic so much so that the digital transformation of healthcare has catapulted from nice-to-have to must-have. Yet, no other category has seen a reversal of fortune as it relates to […]
The Health and Human Services Department will enforce standing policies that protect access to reproductive healthcare and will consider taking additional steps in response to the Supreme Court ruling that ended the federal right to abortion, Secretary Xavier Becerra said at a news conference Tuesday. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, leaving abortion laws up to the states. […]
What Is a Zero-Trust Identity Strategy? Identity is the foundation of a zero-trust framework rather than just a step in its implementation. A healthcare organization’s zero-trust environment cannot exist without considering all the discrete characteristics of identity anatomy. This should be embedded in every aspect of the zero-trust infrastructure. However, zero-trust identity cannot be achieved through a point solution. The […]
Concerns about adolescent mental health and substance use have increased recently, particularly in light of gun violence and the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years, many adolescents have experienced worsened emotional health, increased stress, and a lack of peer connection. Other mental health and substance use concerns are on the rise – including drug overdose deaths, self-harm, and eating disorders. Simultaneously, […]
A Texas court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state’s long-dormant pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban that had suddenly been reinstated after Roe was struck down on Friday, a move that will allow some clinics to resume the practice. A Texas district court granted a preliminary injunction in response to a lawsuit from activist groups including the American Civil Liberties Union […]
Surging inflation has set the table for heated negotiations between providers and insurers. In May, year-over-year price increases of consumer goods and services outpaced healthcare inflation, bucking the historical trend. The consumer price index rose 8.6%, the steepest gain since December 1981. Medical expenditures grew 3.7% in May, the biggest year-over-year jump since September 2020, according to the most recent […]
Cambridge Health Alliance (Cambridge, Mass.), which provides child and adolescent inpatient mental health services, plans to open the Center for Inpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Somerville, Mass. The project will comprise 42 inpatient beds and outdoor recreation space for child, adolescent, and specialized youth patients with autism or neurodevelopmental needs.
The historic Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade’s constitutional right to an abortion will create a seismic shift in the healthcare industry, according to providers, payers, healthcare organizations and legal experts. Many provider groups protested the 6-3 decision, with the American Medical Association saying it was “deeply disturbed” by the court overturning Roe, which was precedent in the U.S. […]
FILE – Protesters fill the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, June 24, 2022. Public opinion on abortion is nuanced, but polling shows broad support for Roe and for abortion rights. Seventy percent of U.S. adults said in a May AP-NORC poll that the Supreme Court should leave […]
BY KIM BELLARD Well, they did it. We had a warning they were going to do it, from the leaked opinion in May, but it still was a blow to well over half the country when the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It didn’t rule that abortion was […]