The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has drawn praise from Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for its approval of Opill, the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription.
The approval means the pro…
Telehealth has been firmly established as a viable treatment methodology, and the COVID-19n pandemic highlighted many of its advantages, but a new Epic Research white paper has found one potential shortcoming: Telehealth visits are linked to fewer in-p…
St. Luke’s Duluth and Aspirus Health, based in Wausau, Wisconsin, have signed a letter of intent for the two organizations to affiliate, creating a healthcare system serving residents of northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin and the Up…
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), has issued a proposed rule strengthening key policies in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), a program that subsidizes child care costs for…
The American Hospital Association has written a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) saying that the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP), part of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), doesn’t p…
Shortages of prescription drugs can lead to higher drug prices and impact consumer’s ability to fill their prescriptions, but there are steps that can be taken to avoid these issues, according to a new report by the office of the Assistant Secretary fo…
Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefits management business of the Cigna Group’s Evernorth, will add three additional biosimilars to its National Preferred Formulary that it said will compete with Humira, the world’s top-selling pharmaceutical drug, in …
Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service Medicare enrollees have some significant differences in the year prior to enrollment in Medicare at age 65, including differing demographic and socioeconomic characteristics – traits that should be afforded more a…
Franklin, Tennessee-based Health Connect America, with locations in Big Stone Gap and Culpeper, Virginia, has agreed to pay more than $4.6 million to resolve allegations that it billed Virginia Medicaid for services not provided, according to the U.S. …
Many Americans appear to be rolling the dice on their health, with a new Aflac survey showing that about one in four regularly skip checkups because they feel healthy in the moment.
The Wellness Matters survey, conducted among 2,001 employed adults in …
