A health care journalist’s guide to prior authorization
…procedures and health care costs. Health plans use it as a tool, for example, to check that potentially addictive painkillers are being used appropriately as part of the national response…
…procedures and health care costs. Health plans use it as a tool, for example, to check that potentially addictive painkillers are being used appropriately as part of the national response…
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…https://journalistsresource.org/home/research-artificial-intelligence-can-fuel-racial-bias-in-health-care-but-can-mitigate-it-too/ The authors used data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care critical care data set (MIMIC-IV), which includes patients admitted to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in…
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…drivers of these disparities are upstream factors such as systemic and structural racism, segregation, poverty, lack of health insurance and reduced access to health care services, all of which can…
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…researchers, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and policymakers.” Additional reading Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics: History, Advancements, and Unexplored Frontiers Juliana Marino Maia, Bruna Stefane Alves de Oliveira, Luiz G.S. Branco and Renato Nery Soriano. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological…
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…Reform and Emergency Department Utilization,” looks at emergency department utilization in Massachusetts following its health care reform law. Keywords: Obamacare, health care exchanges, insurance mandate, universal care, consumer affairs, poverty…
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…those populations most affected by health reform compared with a comparison population of individuals less likely to be affected by the reform.” Tags: medicine, Congress, campaign issue, health care reform…
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…illicit drugs. “Prevention or delay of cannabis use in adolescence is likely to have broad health and social benefits,” the authors write. “Efforts to reform cannabis legislation should be carefully…
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…on coverage. Medicare does cover semaglutide for treatment of diabetes, and the insurer reported $3 billion in 2021 spending on the drug under Medicare Part D. Congress last year gave…
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…Slate magazine article about President Obama’s failure to sell health care was headlined “Death of a Salesman.” Obama, the golden-tongued orator of the 2008 campaign who sold himself to the…
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…Will there be enough workers to do the jobs that cannot be replaced by technology — care for older people, child care, and so on? With new arrivals to the…
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