Public Health

Wyoming's House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill aimed at implementing work requirements for Medicaid recipients, according to the Casper Star-Tribune.

Maine is the state with the largest percentage of Medicare beneficiaries for its resident population, according to CMS data.

Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, cautioned against "Medicare for All" proposals in a Feb. 22 blog post, writing that such legislation "could do more harm than good to patient care."

Nonprofit hospitals are throwing their support behind a bill that would partially expand Medicaid in Georgia, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

U.S. deaths linked to opioids increased fourfold in the last 20 years, and the epidemic has had a significant effect on Eastern states, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

To help combat the nation's opioid crisis, Google said it will begin to displaying local prescription drug disposal locations on Google Maps.

Medicare beneficiaries listed premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses as their top two considerations when choosing a health plan, according to a survey from eHealth, an enrollment website.

In response to the opioid crisis, Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health is drastically reducing the use of opioids in surgeries, according to News 5 Cleveland.

Here are six articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review on national and state news concerning Medicaid.

Many emergency departments send overdose patients home without medication-assisted therapies or a referral to other types of treatment, which misses an opportunity to help address the nation's opioid crisis, reports Kaiser Health News.