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Variability in Payment Rates for Abortion Services Under Medicaid
28 Mar 2024 22:17 GMT
… reviewed Medicaid physician fee schedules for medication and procedural … such as Massachusetts and Connecticut, have different reimbursement … medication abortion accounted for 63% of all abortions. The two-drug … medication abortion, the rates for the two drugs …
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SUD Treatment in Medicaid: Variation by Service Type, Demographics, States and Spending
28 Mar 2024 19:36 GMT
… Drug Use and Health, shows that 18% of Medicaid … in increasing OUD medication rates within Medicaid. However, a … rates across multiple categories. Connecticut, Delaware and Vermont … involving alcohol or illicit drugs. Illicit drugs include marijuana, cocaine …
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Connecticut legislature would allow biomarker testing to be covered by Medicaid
18 Mar 2024 10:42 GMT
… 60% of all oncology drugs in the past five … for the Connecticut bill, titled An Act Concerning Medicaid Coverage … fighting public policy here in Connecticut,” said Johnson. “This … Medicaid program keeps pace with game-changing innovations. Aligning Connecticut …
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Legislature Debates Solution for Medicaid
14 Mar 2024 13:14 GMT
… 1 million Connecticut residents.
The study examined Medicaid reimbursement rates … . Results indicate that Connecticut’s payments were below … face of rising prescription drug prices in the…
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Federal Judge To AstraZeneca: You Wanna Sell Drugs To Medicare? Then You Negotiate Prices!
12 Mar 2024 18:36 GMT
… appointed federal judge in Connecticut dismissed AstraZeneca’s … first 10 medications the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services … 49 million Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries” is quite … drug negotiation] program is to lower the prices of selected drugs …
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What We're Reading: Postpartum Depression Coverage Criteria; Lawmakers Block Health Care Mergers; Medicaid Extensions Boost Postnatal Coverage
12 Mar 2024 17:39 GMT
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Although the postpartum depression drug zuranolone … try other, cheaper medications first before they could … by Covenant Health in Connecticut. This trend reflects … consumers.
Pandemic-Era Medicaid Extensions Increased Postpartum Insurance …
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Public Health Committee Sends Telehealth, Testing Requirement For Drug Overdoses To House
12 Mar 2024 17:47 GMT
… have had non-fatal drug overdoses. The committee also … ,759 unintended or undetermined drug overdose deaths in the … is not clear whether Medicaid reimbursements will apply to … , CT – Members of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration …
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Proposed law would help Connecticut cancer patients get personalized treatment
12 Mar 2024 16:23 GMT
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A scientific test could tell doctors what type of treatments will work best for a cancer patient — and now state legislatures want to make sure more people have access to it.
The proposed law would make Medicaid cover biomarker …
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Health News Roundup; WHO warns of growing resistance to GSK's HIV drug; Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices and more
06 Mar 2024 13:43 GMT
… on Wednesday. The New Haven, Connecticut-based lab has also filed … it will accelerate Medicare and Medicaid payments to some hospitals … 39;s widely used diabetes drug Ozempic delayed progression of chronic … are the latest indication that drugs from the GLP-1 …
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Bill Would Require Hospitals To Test Urine From Patients Who Survive Drug Overdoses
05 Mar 2024 22:31 GMT
… samples taken from survivors of drug overdoses. According to Juthani … collect data on which drugs people are using when … CT – Members of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration … don’t tackle increasing Medicaid rates…
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