Gregg Margolis: If you can only read three things about health policy this week, I suggest…

Quoting Gregg Margolis, Director of Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at National Academy of Medicine, on LinkedIn:

”If you can only read three things about health policy this week, I suggest…

The New York Times: Addiction Treatment Eludes More Than Half Of Americans In Need Roughly three in 10 adults have been addicted to opioids or have a family member who has been, and less than half of those with a substance use disorder have received treatment, according to a new survey conducted by KFF, a health policy research group. The survey, which polled more than 1,300 adults in July, underscores the broad and often harmful influence of opioid addiction across the nation, which recorded around 110,000 fatal drug overdoses last year alone. (Weiland, 8/15)

Modern Healthcare: PBM Law In Oklahoma Is Unconstitutional, Federal Court Rules An Oklahoma law aiming to regulate pharmacy benefit managers’ retail networks and pharmacist contracts is unconstitutional, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled. The three-judge panel on Tuesday invalidated four provisions of an Oklahoma law targeting PBMs, third-party intermediaries that negotiate drug prices on behalf of insurers. (Tepper, 8/16)

ProPublica: Fees For Electronic Payments Eat Into Health Care Budgets Such fees have become routine in American health care in recent years, according to an investigation by ProPublica published on Monday, and some medical clinics say they’ll seek to pass those costs on to patients. Almost 60% of medical practices said they were compelled to pay fees for electronic payment at least some of the time, according to a 2021 survey. With more than $2 trillion a year of medical claims paid electronically, these fees likely add up to billions of dollars that could be spent on care but instead are going to insurers and middlemen. (Podkul, 8/15)”

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