Stakeholders: CMS Must Distinguish Between Audio, Video Telehealth

CMS must create codes that distinguish between audio-only and video call telehealth visits so that researchers can understand how the two modalities differ and whether audio-only care for lower income patients is exacerbating health disparities, stakeholders said during a Monday (Oct. 17) webinar hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center. “Telehealth can really advance or threaten health equity depending on how it’s designed and the policy environment surrounding it,” Lori Uscher-Pines, a senior policy researcher at RAND Corporation, said at the...
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HHS Probes Pharmacies For Limiting Medications; NY Releases New Wave Of Abortion Funds

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra revealed over the weekend that the Office of Civil Rights is investigating several chain pharmacies that have begun limiting the prescriptions they fill in states with strict abortion bans. Becerra tweeted that Walgreens, CVS, and other pharmacies are being investigated by OCR as pharmacies restrict access to medications that are used to treat conditions such as cancer, lupus and arthritis -- as well as manage miscarriages -- that can also be used to induce an abortion...
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CSPI Eagerly Awaiting FDA’s Front-Of-Package Labeling Plan

A leading consumer group is hopeful that FDA will soon move to adopt a mandatory front-of-package labeling system now that the Biden administration has pegged front-of-package nutrition labels as a key part of its broader nutrition agenda. Consumer groups, lawmakers and the food industry have called for FDA to implement such a system for years. One industry official previously asserted that some in the food industry cannot wait until FDA establishes a national front-of-package labeling system, as it could help...
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CDC Says Occupational Transmission Of Monkeypox Remains Unlikely Following First Case

Following the first reported case of monkeypox being transmitted from a patient to health care worker, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert warning providers that they should not use needles or other sharps to open suspected monkeypox lesions, but said the risk of occupational transmission is otherwise low. CDC also alerted providers to look out for ocular symptoms in severe cases of monkeypox, which can lead to vision loss. The alert, released Monday (Oct. 17) describes...
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Remote Monitoring Can Improve Health Outcomes. So Why Did Medicare Propose a 40% Cut?

This Guest Perspective is from Nikesh Patel , PT, executive director of the Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality & Innovation. The views expressed here are Dr. Patel's alone; Inside Health Policy takes no editorial position on this issue. Change is the only constant. That is why healthcare needs to evolve in order for providers to better serve patients. Luckily, over the last few years it has: One of the few silver linings of the pandemic is that innovation has...
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