DC—President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin
national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11...

Kentucky-based Hosparus Health is poised for expansion—through joint ventures, new
investments in its palliative care program and the forthcoming launch of a PACE center...

Doctors sent patients home with opioids after emergency department visits about 8% of the time in 2019–2020, down from about 12% in 2017–2018...

CVS Health Corp. and Walmart Inc. are cutting pharmacy hours in the midst of a pharmacist
shortage that has plagued the nation’s biggest drugstore chains throughout the Covid-19
pandemic...

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a surge in the proportion of Californians who are dying at
home rather than in a hospital or nursing home, accelerating a slow but steady rise that dates
back at least two decades...

Four national hospice and senior care industry groups have called on Congress and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make regulatory and legislative changes to instill stronger program integrity safeguards.

Mark Buck, a physician and pharmacist in Helena, Montana, said he’s been seeing more
patients turn to urgent care clinics when they run out of medication...

It’s a concern statewide [pharmacy short-staffing], as pharmacies are “randomly reducing
hours and closing,” according to September state Board of Pharmacy meeting minutes...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cracking down on nursing homes that overprescribe antipsychotic drugs, the agency announced Wednesday.