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Five Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Persistent OUD Treatment Gaps 

Bill of Health

With support from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), public health law experts from Indiana University McKinney School of Law and the Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research at the Beasley School of Law recently embarked on a systematic review of U.S. Code § 1701 et seq.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

Some scholars have interpreted this to mean that the federal government has the right under the Commerce Clause to regulate all medical licensure. Gupta cites the Dormant Commerce Clause doctrine, a court-invented principle which allows the federal government to strike down state laws deemed excessively burdensome to interstate trade.

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Most Workers and their Employers Want to Receive Digital Healthcare On-Demand

Health Populi

Fully one-half of employees would be keen on apps to help find a doctor or care when and where needed, and just about 1 in 2 workers would like an app that helps find expert physicians anywhere in the world (think: specialists via telehealth) as well as electronic and portable personal health records.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

The American Telemedicine Association maintains a US bills related to telemedicine and their status. For several decades, health care reformers have been advocating “fee for value” or value-based care, which supposedly rewards long-term results instead of individual encounters. If the U.S.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass. ranks second nationwide in hospital patient safety, with 7 Central Va.