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Optum, SSM Health end partnership

Optum, SSM Health end partnership

Becker’s Hospital Review

Jan 3, 2024

St. Louis-based SSM Health and UnitedHealth Group's Optum have ended their administrative partnership around inpatient care management, digital transformation and revenue cycle management...

Why fears about Biden’s marijuana moves are overblown

Why fears about Biden’s marijuana moves are overblown

Politico

Jan 1, 2024

President Joe Biden’s administration is poised to make the biggest shift in federal drug policy in decades by loosening marijuana restrictions, but the move is sparking blowback from an unlikely constituency: legalization advocates...

Mississippi health department says some medical marijuana products are being retested for safety

Mississippi health department says some medical marijuana products are being retested for safety

Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Dec 28, 2023

The Mississippi State Department of Health said Wednesday that “a large number” of medical marijuana products are on hold so they can be retested...

BrightSpring Health Services Files To Go Public For The Second Time

BrightSpring Health Services Files To Go Public For The Second Time

Home Health Care News

Jan 3, 2024

BrightSpring Health Services officially filed plans for an initial public offering Tuesday...

State Rep. Ed Osienski files legislation to expand medical marijuana patient access

State Rep. Ed Osienski files legislation to expand medical marijuana patient access

Delaware Public Media

Dec 28, 2023

With the legalization of recreational marijuana in Delaware earlier this year, Osienski says it was time to reevaluate the state’s medical marijuana program to make sure it was more accessible to patients...

Pohai Malama Adult Residential Care Home hosts open house

Pohai Malama Adult Residential Care Home hosts open house

Hawaii Tribune-Herald (Hilo, HI)

Dec 25, 2023

After closing its doors to inpatient services last year, Pohai Malama will be reopening as an adult residential care home beginning next year...

Seniors are embracing marijuana, which offers relief—and risk

Seniors are embracing marijuana, which offers relief—and risk

Washington Post

Jan 2, 2024

Seniors are increasingly embracing cannabis, often for relief from aches and insomnia that come with age...

Alabama Aims to Get Medical Marijuana Program Started in 2024

Alabama Aims to Get Medical Marijuana Program Started in 2024

Associated Press/U.S. News & World Report

Dec 28, 2023

Members of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission said Thursday they are aiming to get the state’s medical marijuana program underway in 2024 after a series of delays and legal disputes...

We’re Thinking About Pain All Wrong

We’re Thinking About Pain All Wrong

New York Times
Maia Szalavitz. Opinion Writer

Dec 24, 2023

Concerns about the harms associated with indiscriminate cutbacks [on opioid production] have been raised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and major medical organizations...

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