A new report by Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC has found that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to affect the financial health of hospitals and health systems through 2021. The report released ...
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U.S. Reps. David Kustoff (R-TN) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) re-introduced the Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates (CAST) Act Wednesday. The legislation would modify the Controlled Substance...
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Democratic whip and Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, recently spoke about the dramatic increase in suicides and opioid overdose deaths associated with the COVI...
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The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services plans to offer a training program on treating opioid use disorder (OUD) among Medicaid recipients. The program is open to medical providers a...
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Pennsylvania’s Senate Labor and Industry Committee recently advanced legislation that aims to reduce opioid dependency. Senate Bill 147 would amend the Workers' Compensation Act of 1915 to requir...
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigators in the Omaha Division Office seized $13.3 million of marijuana and methamphetamine in 2020. Investigators seized 4,644 pounds of marijuana and 42...
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Nearly 700 residents from Maryland’s Sixth District joined U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-MD) and state health officials on a COVID-19 vaccine webinar earlier this week. The webinar was designed to gi...
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U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Rob Portman (R-OH) have reintroduced a bill that would permanently schedule illicitly manufactured fentanyl. The bill, Federal Initiative to Guarantee health by T...
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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced four actions aimed at preventing opioid overdoses and increasing access to naloxone Thursday. The rules would require the co-prescribing of n...
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently recommended using the 3-digit code 988 as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The recommendation was made in consultation with the North ...
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