Pennsylvania and seven major health insurance companies reached an agreement Oct. 12 to remove prior authorization requirements for opioid treatment.
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Hurricane Michael forced some Florida hospitals to close entirely, and others to evacuate their patients.
In January 2017, the CDC reported more than 64,000 annual deaths related to drug overdose — a 21 percent increase from 2016 alone.1 To put this statistic into perspective, the number of drug overdose related deaths has now surpassed the…
Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 4 storm just hours before it is expected to hit the Florida Panhandle Oct. 10, making it one of the strongest weather events to hit the U.S. in 2018, according to CNN.
Kansas City (Mo.) emergency rooms are seeing a jump in electric scooter-related injuries after companies Lime and Bird dropped the vehicles in the city this summer, KBIA reports.
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California children in some counties visited emergency rooms for asthma at much higher rates than the statewide annual rate in 2016, according to a California Healthline report.
The Senate passed a final version of the opioids bill in a 98 to 1 vote Oct. 4, according to The Seattle Times.
As North Carolina residents tackle dangerous cleanup projects after Hurricane Florence, Wilmington, N.C.-based New Hanover Regional Medical Center is seeing a jump in emergency room visits, WECT reports.
The Department of Justice will distribute almost $320 million to support individuals affected by opioid-related crimes.
Many hospital leaders and clinicians are reassessing current pain management strategies and opioid stewardship efforts amid the ongoing opioid epidemic.