Do We Still Need Office Visits?
Like many primary care practices, after a hasty transition to a year of phone calls and video visits, my practice is slowly transitioning back to “normal,” meaning that we are now seeing more patients in person than by video. However, as I reflect on the past year, I wonder how central this notion of the […]
Alaska Doctors Could Be Disciplined for Providing Transgender Care for Minors
Alaska medical professionals who provide gender-affirming care for children could risk disciplinary action under proposed changes to state regulations approved by the state medical board on Friday. The board unanimously approved draft language that would add those providing medical or surgical intervention to “treat gender dysphoria or facilitate gender transition” to a state regulation outlining […]
Advocate Health to end gender-affirming care for minors
Advocate Health is the latest health system in Illinois to wind down gender-affirming care services for minors.
Straub Benioff Medical Center Opens New Mililani Clinic & Urgent Care at Town Center of Mililani
Families in Central Oahu now have a new, convenient clinic for everything from urgent care and regular checkups to mammograms, imaging and specialty care. On August 26, Straub Benioff Medical Center officially opened its new Mililani Clinic & Urgent Care at the Town Center of Mililani. At 24,000 square feet, it is the largest Straub […]
Medicaid rolls drop in June
Illinois’ Medicaid managed care rolls dropped slightly in June, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
Mass confusion after MAP, Inc. loses federal funding to run Head Start centers in northern Mississippi
Nearly 2,000 families may be without child care at the start of this school year after dozens of child care centers run by Mississippi Action for Progress in northern Mississippi have not reopened after losing their federal funding. Mississippi Action for Progress Inc., an administrator of Head Start pre-kindergarten centers, has lost funding to run […]
Audit finds challenges continue with Medicaid eligibility determinations for long-term care
Challenges remain to improve the timeliness of Medicaid eligibility determinations for long-term care applicants, according to a recent state audit.
Supreme Court Issues Ruling on ACA’s Preventive Care Mandate
The Supreme Court on Friday preserved a key aspect of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive coverage mandate, handing a defeat to employers who don’t want to be required to cover certain preventive care services. In the 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the appointment of members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force […]
Medicaid rolls see slight increase in April
Illinois’ Medicaid managed care rolls rose roughly 0.1 percent in April, according to recent data from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE ISSUES $2,190,000 PENALTY AGAINST HAWAIʻI ISLAND CARE CENTERS
OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE ISSUES $2,190,000 PENALTY AGAINST HAWAIʻI ISLAND CARE CENTERS Posted on Jun 12, 2025 in Newsroom HILO, Hawai’i – The Hawai’i Department of Health (DOH) Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) has issued an Order to Cease and Desist Clinical Laboratory Operations against Hilo Urgent Care Center, LLC and Hilo Urgent […]