HEALTH CARE: Medical groups work to keep public informed of marijuana’s effect on health
As the state begins to implement new laws allowing adult recreational marijuana use, the Michigan State Medical Society wants a voice in the process.
HealthBridge raises $8.2M to continue scaling operations
GRAND RAPIDS — As more employers shift to high-deductible health plans, hospitals and doctors have wrestled with collecting the portion of the bill from patients who have not yet met their deductibles.
Push to reform state auto no-fault re-emerges in Lansing
Reforming Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance system remains a high priority in Lansing after a proposal during the 2018 lame-duck legislative failed to gain the support needed to pass. State House leaders this month, soon after convening the new legislative session, formed a special committee to look at no-fault reform, and the first bill introduced in the Senate offers a basic outline for reforms.
Crystal Ball 2019 Health Care Outlook: Transparency, escalating drug costs among top issues for 2019
Health care goes into 2019 facing many of the same issues and trends that have been driving industry change in recent years: the movement to value-based contracting, more use of telemedicine, growing concerns about cybersecurity, and greater price and cost transparency for consumers.
Pine Rest broadens access to psychiatric care with new center
GRAND RAPIDS — The psychiatric urgent care center that Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services plans to open next spring represents the first step toward broadening access to behavioral health care across West Michigan.
State bill to license genetic counselors advances through Legislature
Michigan would join nearly twodozen other states and begin regulating the emerging field of genetic counseling under a bill moving through the Legislature.
State legislation to add work requirements to Medicaid
Business advocates in Lansing say legislation to add work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients could offer a boost to the labor pool in Michigan during times of low unemployment.
Medical Society opposes bill easing process to obtain out-of-state medical license
The largest organization representing Michigan doctors is opposing legislation that would create a new way for physicians in the state to obtain medical licenses in other states to practice telemedicine.
New online database offers real-time data for Michigan health care consumers
Transparency in health care in Michigan took a step forward with the launch of yet another online database for patients across the state to look up hospital data.
ACA likely to remain law, but opponents will continue chipping away
The Affordable Care Act withstood repeal efforts in Congress in 2017 and remains law, which has industry watchers doubting we’ll see another full-scale push to repeal and replace the Obama-era health care policy.