Forty percent of primary clinics said they would not accept a new patient who takes daily doses of Percocet, a prescription opioid, for chronic pain from a past injury, according to a study published July 12 in JAMA Open Network.
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Legislative interventions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in California have helped increase vaccinations among young children across the state, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The health insurance status of children is linked to whether they are admitted or transferred to a hospital after presenting to the emergency department with a mental health disorder, according to a study published in Pediatric Emergency Care.
CDPHP, a health insurer in New York, opened a branch inside Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, N.Y., to connect patients directly with insurance staff if they have questions during treatment and post-discharge, according to the Albany Business Review.
Lake Health in Mentor, Ohio, unveiled a health plan for small businesses in partnership with Medical Mutual of Ohio, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.
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Los Angeles-based Doctours will expand its online Expedia-like platform for booking medical care trips to 35 countries, according to TechCrunch.
Labeling hospital cafeteria food with red, green and yellow symbols — reminiscent of a traffic light — to indicate their relative healthiness can help individuals consume fewer calories, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
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Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital, recently acquired by Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida, and UnitedHealthcare provided patients more information about their split that pushed 17,500 patients out of network.
Tobacco users have higher quit rates in ACA Medicaid expansion states, according to a new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.