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Perspectives: Will Importing Prescriptions Lower The Cost?; PCPs Should Be Treating Opioid Use Disorder

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

Viewpoints: Think Your Pharmacist Is Protecting Your Health Data? Think Again; BMI Shouldn’t Affect IVF

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss private health information, IVF, a measles outbreak, and more.

Topical Antifungal Use May Lead To Uptick In Resistant Skin Infections

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent pharmaceutical developments in KFF Health News’ Prescription Drug Watch roundup.

Ahead Of Roe Decision Anniversary, House GOP Turns To Pregnancy Laws

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

House Republicans are said to be focusing efforts on laws relating to pregnancies, including banning the Department of Health and Human Services from limiting federal funds for so-called pregnancy centers. Other news relating to abortion is from Texas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, and elsewhere.

RSV Shots Are Driving Demand For Care Among Older Americans

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Axios reports on a “side effect of the new RSV shots,” which is that older patients are coming in for checkups. In covid news: hospitalization rates, vaccines and long covid, California’s covid guidance, and more.

Report Delves Into Poorer Patient Outcomes At Private Equity-Owned Hospitals

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new report aims to hold private equity buyers of hospital systems accountable, in light of data showing patient health outcomes are poorer in such facilities. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, a long-term-care hospital and its investors settle over Medicare overbilling claims.

Justices Refuse To Wade Into Indiana’s Fight Over Transgender Bathrooms

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

The decision lets stand a lower court ruling allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. Meanwhile, in California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’ll veto a measure to ban youth tackle football.

ResMed Respiratory Masks With Magnets Stay On Sale Despite Recall

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

The mask recall had been classified as “most serious” by the FDA because of the risk of injury or death. But ResMed argued the issue centers on a labeling matter and is not a product removal. Separately, a CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell can be used on a different disorder, the FDA said.

Morning Briefing for Wednesday, January 17, 2024

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Government Funding Stopgap Plan Puts Some Health Care Measures On Pause

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Although Congress has worked to reach a tentative government funding deal that would direct money to key health programs into March, Modern Healthcare says funding for some critical health issues are left in an uncertain state.

People With Health Insurance Now Own The Most ‘Bad Debt’ To Hospitals

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

It’s a major shift: The Guardian wrote that in 2018, just 11% of hospitals’ bad debt came from insured “self-pay” accounts. By 2022, the proportion who didn’t pay their bills jumped to 58% of all hospitals’ bad debt. Other news is on health insurance premiums, drug pricing, and more.

First Edition: Jan. 17, 2024

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion

By Fred Clasen-Kelly January 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials have long warned that restraint and seclusion in schools can be dangerous and traumatizing for children, but school districts often fail to report incidents as required by law.

America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities

By Judith Graham January 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

More than a third of older adults have a disability. Many find it difficult to get the medical care they need. New federal regulations would address that problem.

Cómo impactaría una segunda presidencia de Trump en la atención de salud

By Julie Rovner January 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Intentar pronosticar las prioridades de Trump en un segundo mandato es aún más difícil ya que cambia frecuentemente de posición sobre los temas, y lo hace muchas veces.

Study Finds Link Between Chronic Ear Infections And Delayed Speech

January 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

A study out of the University of Florida finds that kids who had several ear infections before age 3 had a smaller vocabulary and had difficulty matching similar-sounding words. Other health and wellness news is on organ donation, eye disease in older age, snow shoveling safety tips, and more.

Viewpoints: Lack Of Childcare Is Making Parents Sick; How Much Plastic Are You Drinking?

January 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss parental anxieties, nanoplastics, women’s health, and more.

‘Black Box’ For Recording Every Action In An OR Is Tested In Massachusetts

January 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Boston Globe reports on an operating room-watching, AI-powered system that is meant to gain insights that can boost quality of procedures and performance, though it remains controversial. The Apple Watch ban, experimental Alzheimer’s treatments, and more are also in the news.

The Peak Of The Covid-Flu-RSV Tripledemic May Have Passed

January 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Key indicators for respiratory illnesses have declined for the first time in weeks, CDC data show. The Colorado Sun, meanwhile, reports the timing of its local covid hospitalization peak is “fascinating”—it came at almost exactly the same time as the past two years’ seasonal peaks.

Your Funky New Office ‘Wellness’ Push May Not Be Achieving Much: Study

January 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

New research shows that even though “wellness” employee mental health services are a billion-dollar-scale industry, they may be of little benefit to employees who participate in them. Also in the news; CarePoint Health and Hudson Regional Hospital plan to form a new system.

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