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What We’re Reading: Expanding Care Access for DACA Recipients; North Dakota Bans Almost All Abortions; China’s Interference in COVID-19 Probe
A new rule could provide access to health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients; North Dakota governor signs law banning most abortions in the state; legislators call on China to cooperate in investigation of COVID-19 origins.
HHS Proposes Rule to Expand Health Care Access for DACA Recipients in the United States
HHS has released a notice of proposed rulemaking that could provide access to health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The proposed change applies to the health insurance marketplaces, the Basic Health Program, and some Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). If the rule is finalized, it could lead to 129,000 previously uninsured DACA recipients receiving health care coverage.
North Dakota Enacts Near-Total Abortion Ban
North Dakota has become the latest state to ban most abortions, only allowing abortion up to 6 weeks’ gestation in cases of rape, incest, or medical emergency, after Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed the bill into law, according to the Associated Press. The state’s only remaining abortion clinic, the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo, closed last year and moved across the border to Moorhead, Minnesota. The ban is expected to be challenged in court, with critics saying it will force women to seek unsafe and illegal abortions.
Representatives Accuse China of Interfering in COVID-19 Origin Probe
House legislators investigating the origins of COVID-19 have called on the Chinese government to make available Chinese scientists and military officials for testimony in Washington, according to The Hill. This comes in response to what lawmakers said were Chinese embassy efforts to interfere in the probe. The committee has requested that China make available at least 5 officials linked to the state’s health administration, the military, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) vote to ban most employers from issuing and enforcing noncompete clauses could have varying impacts on the health care workforce; federal regulators vastly under-enforced antitrust laws in the hospital sector during the last 2 decades, resulting in increased health costs; the FDA recently found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus in pasteurized commercially purchased milk.
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Navigating Health Policy in an Election Year: Insights From Dr Dennis Scanlon
April 2nd 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Dennis Scanlon, PhD, the editor in chief of The American Journal of Accountable Care®, about prior authorization, price transparency, the impact of health policy on the upcoming election, and more.
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What We’re Reading: Abortion Privacy Rules; Alzheimer Drug Hurdles; Nursing Home Staffing Overhaul
April 23rd 2024New health privacy rules aim to protect patients and providers in an evolving abortion landscape; some physicians express concerns about efficacy, risks, and entrenched beliefs in treating Alzheimer disease; CMS addresses longstanding staffing deficits in nursing homes.
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The Biden administration recently launched the Global Health Security Strategy, a new effort to combat the spread of infectious diseases; lawmakers zeroed in on the risks of massive consolidation in health care during the first congressional hearing on the Change Healthcare hack; the FDA recently announced the recall of a pair of heart devices linked to numerous deaths and injuries.
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