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US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions

Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get.

CMS Roundup

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. December 15: CMS released the final report on the evaluation of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model. CPC+ was a primary care practice transformation model, supporting practices at varying levels of readiness in two tracks.

New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay

New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare is forbidden to cover such medications.

Key Health Department Jobs Don’t Exist, according to the Federal Government

Several key public health occupations are lacking a Standard Occupational Classification code (SOC), including disease intervention specialist, public health nurse, policy analyst, and program manager, and without valid SOC matches and detailed data on local and state government health departments, the U.S. Department of Labor’s data cannot be used to count the number of public health workers serving as our nation’s frontline biodefense.

Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges Final Rule Fact Sheet

In the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges final rule released today, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) finalize fees associated with use of the Federal IDR process under the No Surprises Act (NSA), which was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA).

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