The State of Michigan recently received a new $3.3 million federal grant to expand health insurance coverage and access to uninsured and underserved Michiganders. The grant will expand programs to increase qualified health insurance navigators to assist communities in obtaining health coverage. Health insurance navigators aim to facilitate the process of enrollment in … Read more
The Michigan House Committee on Workforce, Trades, and Talent held a committee hearing last week on House Bill 4471, which would prohibit employers — including hospitals and health systems — from mandating vaccines or masks in the workplace. The prohibition would include the COVID-19 vaccine, the influenza vaccine, and the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, … Read more
Health Alliance Plan (HAP) and Michigan State University (MSU) Health Care announced a collaboration on Monday to educate those who are Medicare-eligible on their insurance options through HAP. HAP provides health insurance coverage for Michiganders with parent organization Henry Ford Health System. This partnership is another effort from HAP to expand tailored Medicare … Read more
A report from the University of Michigan (U of M) found that patients on opioid treatments are not receiving adequate care due to significant administrative and litigatory barriers to primary care clinicians and specialty pain clinics. In response to these findings, researchers gathered a multidisciplinary expert panel to discuss ways to address these barriers. The … Read more
A recently released report by the University of Michigan (U of M) found patients on opioid medication across the U.S. are likely not receiving adequate care due to significant barriers to primary care and specialty pain care. The report said legislation is preventing current opioid users from finding care due to an unwillingness of physicians … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use Wednesday to newly designed negative pressure tents made by Michigan Medicine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan Medicine is in talks with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stockpile these tents for the next pandemic and assist countries that still have high … Read more
PatientRightsAdvocate.org recently released a study which detailed how well eight randomly selected Michigan hospitals complied with a new Affordable Care Act (ACA) hospital price transparency rule. Out of the eight hospitals selected, six were noncompliant and two were fully compliant. Out of the 500 hospitals surveyed, only 28 were in compliance with all the rule … Read more
Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA), released a statement on Monday on MHA’s stance on hospital vaccine mandates. Peters could not directly comment on what hospitals in Michigan should do, but he confirmed that requiring vaccinations for health care workers was something that hospitals can legally do to protect their … Read more
The University of Michigan released a study last week stating adults between 50 and 80 years old are more likely to have worsened mental health symptoms since the start of the pandemic. The study was founded on a University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging conducted in January 2021. The poll had … Read more