September 8, 2020
According to a new study, people with behavioral health conditions tend to have higher healthcare costs than those who don’t, based on data from employers and other commercial payers. Researchers looked at insurance claims for 21 million people in 2017 and came away with some important findings: 27% of people who had a behavioral health …
September 8, 2020
Racial disparities in health care affect literally the first hours of a black child’s life, according to researchers who looked at over 2 decades of data. A study performed by George Mason University looked at data for 1.8 million hospital births in Florida between 1992 and 2015 and was recently published in the journal Proceedings …
September 8, 2020
The California legislature sent a bill to Gavin Newsom’s desk last week that would grant nurse practitioners the ability to practice without doctor supervision, albeit with some concessions to the doctor’s lobby in the state. Currently, nurse practitioners can practice and see patients in California only if they have a written agreement with an overseeing …
