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Why Overdose Deaths Are Falling in America - and What It Means for Alabama
12 Jan 2026 20:24 GMT
… mix of public health interventions, drug market changes, and community … through Medicaid and community clinics.
- Weaker fentanyl supply: Drug testing … offering medication-assisted treatment.
- Medicaid cuts: Proposed federal reductions could hit Alabama …
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Does Medicaid Pay for Assisted Living? What You Need to Know
09 Jan 2026 20:06 GMT
… Living Costs Covered by Medicaid
Medicaid, or more specifically HCBS … Medical supplies and equipment
— Medication management
— Medical assessments and … program.
For example, in Alabama, a single person can … GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic and Zepbound? …
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RFK Jr., Dr. Oz: Medicaid didn't fix rural health care crisis. We are.
08 Jan 2026 11:53 GMT
… Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted in September … expecting mother in rural Alabama to sit back and … lives.
Alaska’s drone medication delivery proposal, Georgia’s … communities largely rely.
Boosting Medicaid spending across the board …
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Alabama cannabis advocates, U.S. lawmaker differ on Trump marijuana reclassification
25 Dec 2025 01:26 GMT
… a Schedule I drug, which are drugs with no accepted … , communications director of the Alabama Cannabis Coalition, said she … ceremony, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Medicaid and Medicare Administrator, said … SenTedBuddNC) December 18, 2025
Alabama’s other senator, Katie Britt …
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Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Here’s how the day unfolded.
18 Dec 2025 16:08 GMT
… who offer the care—including medication and surgery—said the … proposed rules that would link Medicaid and Medicare funding to … vessels alleged to be carrying drugs, which has killed at … Indiana, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee …
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Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Here’s how the day unfolded.
18 Dec 2025 14:14 GMT
… who offer the care—including medication and surgery—said the … proposed rules that would link Medicaid and Medicare funding to … vessels alleged to be carrying drugs, which has killed at … Indiana, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee …
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Alabama pharmacists push for PBM reform on Capitol Hill
17 Dec 2025 19:49 GMT
… the cost of the drugs. Community pharmacists, like … reimbursements on prescription drugs and expanding payments … Alabama Medicaid Agency. That currently includes the average cost of the drug … , skyrocketing costs of medications set by manufacturers. Meanwhile …
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Alabama pharmacists push for reform on Capitol Hill
17 Dec 2025 23:37 GMT
… as middlemen that manage drug benefits for insurers and … for the cost of the drugs. Community pharmacists, like Noojin … and a group of Alabama independent pharmacists recently visited Washington … apply to Medicare and Medicaid patients and federal employees, …
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Louisiana is seeing a steep decline in drug overdose deaths, state data show
05 Dec 2025 22:18 GMT
… Inconsistent death records limit drug-specific reporting
Task force … increase in buprenorphine — a Medication for Opioid Use Disorder ( … increased treatment access, expanded Medicaid coverage for MOUD and … Public Broadcasting, WBHM in Alabama, WWNO and WRKF in …
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GATC Health to Host Virtual KOL Event to Discuss Derisq™ AI Report: Predictive, Detailed Risk Assessment of Drug Candidates, on December 10, 2025
04 Dec 2025 21:01 GMT
… health from the University of Alabama-Birmingham and a global master … Food and Drugs (the head of the Food and Drug Administration), and … the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Philipson is a co … human biology to predict how drugs will perform in the …