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Nursing homes job losses have mounted at more than triple the rate of loss in hospitals and physicians’ offices, according to new research

Among health care job sectors, nursing homes have been the most adversely affected by declines in employment growth since the pandemic—a rate more than triple that of hospitals or physician offices, says a University of Michigan researcher.

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and...

Health care tax credits coupled with other state reforms would go along way toward improving affordability and reducing the ranks of the uninsured.

Instead of moving the State Children's Health Insurance Programcloser to becoming an entitlement, increasing the fiscal burden onthe states and taxpayers and crowding out existing private coveragefor working families, policymakers should establish a responsiblesystem of program financing, set rational eligibility rules,broaden flexibility in health benefit design, and promote privatecoverage alternatives.

The use of methadone among Medicare beneficiaries to treat opioid use disorder increased sharply after the program began covering the drug, with evidence suggesting the change created new treatment rather than displacing use of other medications.

Medicare expanded payment for treating opioid use disorder to include methadone for the first time in 2020. A new study finds that use of methadone among Medicare beneficiaries to treat opioid use disorder increased sharply after the decision, with evidence suggesting the change created new treatment rather than displacing use of other medications.

As Congress considers expanding SCHIP up the income ladder, itshould recognize that throwing more money into the program willincreasingly "crowd out" private funding and coverage while doingless to expand overall coverage.

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a woman's constitutional right to abortion in June, Internet searches for information related to abortion and contraception surged.

As a pandemic-era policy winds down, millions of people on Medicaid may lose their coverage  — even though they remain eligible. Here's how to avoid that.