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The bill, passed by the legislature in May, would allow doctors and other health care providers to charge Medicaid patients who don't give 24-hour notice that they won't make their appointments. News outlets also look at Medicaid developments in Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Colorado.
The case involved freezing and thawing a type of liver cell, and the appeals court said that a lower court was wrong to suggest that the method couldn't be patented because it covered a law of nature. In the ruling Tuesday, the judges said the process involves putting steps together in a way that “was itself far from routine and conventional.”
When Joseph Papa took over the helm as the troubled company's CEO, he said things would be different. But a look at how he ran Perrigo shows similar tactics to the ones that got Valeant in trouble in the first place. In other pharmaceutical news, Bristol-Myers acquires a Swedish firm in an effort to expand into the immunotherapy field, Insys Therapeutics says the Food and Drug Administration approved its oral solution for treating conditions related to AIDS and companies are pursuing drugs to boost sexual interest.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution conducted an investigation into doctors who have either admitted to or been accused of sexual abuse. The investigative team found physician-dominated medical boards gave these doctors second chances. Prosecutors dismissed or reduced charges, so doctors could keep practicing and stay off sex offender registries. And communities rallied around them.
Researchers plan to recruit American Olympic athletes and staffers this summer and monitor them for a year after the games. In other news, Sanofi is partnering with the U.S. Army on an experimental Zika vaccine, while Brazilian scientists are teaming up with World Health Organization for the same purpose. Meanwhile, Congress is still stalled on funding, and The Dallas Morning News untangles the complicated advice surrounding getting pregnant during the outbreak.
The implant gradually dissolves in the body after three years, but the Food and Drug Administration says it hasn't been shown to be safer yet than the older, metal devices.
The limits, put in place to thwart the black market, have made it hard for those in need to get a prescription for buprenorphine.
Democratic leaders wrote in a letter that they would not support the legislation without “significant funding that reflects the seriousness of the epidemic and provides meaningful support to these important priorities.”
The bipartisan Commission on Care says the Department of Veterans Affairs should get an overhaul that includes shuttering some facilities and making permanent a system that lets the nation’s 22 million veterans get care from private doctors.
The decision applies to a provision that kept insurers from offering insurance that pays a fixed dollar amount, such as $500 a day for hospital care. The administration said these policies do not meet the federal health law's standards. Also in the news, Connecticut officials have ordered that the state's insurance co-op begin the process of closing because of financial problems.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers offer thoughts on what's next in the abortion debate as well as how it dovetails with other states' policies and state court actions.
Editorial boards and columnists offer their thoughts on various states' efforts to advance or retreat regarding the health law's Medicaid expansion.
Outlets report on health news from Illinois, California, Florida, Missouri, Massachusetts, Ohio and Georgia.
The Associated Press reports on this national trend among nursing facilities. Meanwhile, in Ohio, evictions top the list of reported problems for such facilities.
“The numbers are so bad that people almost don’t believe them,” said John Snook, the executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center, which released the report. In other news, Massachusetts issues new "fresh air" rules and the New Hampshire health commissioner is promising the state psychiatric hospital will be adequtely staffed after physicians and nurses quit en masse over a contract dispute.
State officials estimate that nearly 14,000 residents, mostly low-income parents, will lose their coverage under new Medicaid rules that take effect Aug. 1. News outlets also look at a budget gap for Ohio's Medicaid program and a new addiction treatment benefit for New Hampshire residents covered by Medicaid.
Dr. Jay Kaplan wants to know what Congress is afraid of when it comes to funding research on gun violence. In other public health news, the spotlight continues to fall on lead in schools' water, new inventions are targeting those that are moderately obese, and other stories.
Pharmaceutical companies are eyeing a gene that produces a pain-related protein as a way to turn pain on and off without using opioids. In other news in genetic research, women who have the BRCA1 gene have a higher risk of uterine cancer and critics say the study of epigenetics needs to be overhauled.
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