In states that have undergone Medicaid expansion, emergency room visits have climbed 8.8 percent on average among Medicaid recipients, according to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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As the growth in private high-deductible health plans inflates consumers' financial responsibility and induces some members to forgo care, only six states and the District of Columbia have imposed cost-sharing regulations for specific health services, according to a recent Urban…
Holy Family Church in East Price Hill, Ohio, distributed 70 kits of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan at its annual family festival over the weekend, according to a report from WLTW5.
Three Tennessee district attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against drugmakers for allegedly contributing to the rising rates of opioid overdoses in the state, according to a report from the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Baligh Yehia, MD. Deputy Under Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, D.C.). In addition to helping the VA transition toward more personalized care models, Dr. Yehia oversees the VA’s Clinically Integrated Network., which has more than…
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The global home healthcare market is expected to reach $449.6 billion by 2022, according to Gaithersburg, Md.-based Stratistics Market Research Consulting.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health conditionally approved Worcester-based UMass Memorial Medical Center's proposal to close half of its psychiatric beds, according to a telegram.com report.
As rates of heroin and opioid use continue to climb in the U.S., certain communities are seeing flare-ups of HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks as these virus can be passed from user to user via contaminated needles.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will further assess whether the abuse-deterrent properties of certain opioid medications are helping to mitigate the rising rates of opioid addiction, according to an agency statement made Tuesday by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD.
Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards signed three bills into law on Monday collectively aimed at curbing the rising rates of opioid overdoses in Louisiana, according to The Advocate.