7/08, NASHP: What Health Care Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Mean for States
The newly passed budget reconciliation bill includes significant implications for states, their health care ecosystems, and their consumers, primarily due to significant changes to Medicaid and Health Insurance Marketplace programs.
7/08, KFF: Health Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill
This summary describes the health care provisions in the law (described as the Senate-passed bill) in four categories: Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). It also compares the provisions to a earlier draft of the bill passed by the House on May 22.
7/07, UAMS: Increased WIC Participation Could Be Key to Improving State Maternal Health Rates, UAMS Researchers Find
Expanding awareness of the WIC program and improving access to WIC-approved foods could help boost maternal and infant health in Arkansas, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
7/04, Nature: Comprehensive policies for scaling systemic and equitable integration of digital health technologies
Outlines 5 policy enablers—clarifying DHTs in scope of dedicated policies, establishing AI-ready regulatory frameworks and Accelerated Access Pathways, adopting fit-for-purpose dynamic HTAs, implementing dedicated reimbursement models, and fostering system readiness—and lays out an argument to claim that they are not only essential but also highly complementary and mutually reinforcing.
7/02, BMC Public Health: Changes in maternal morbidity and infant outcomes following state-level abortion bans post-Dobbs: a comparative interrupted time series study
A retrospective cohort analysis compared interrupted time series to assess the difference in changes in adverse birth outcomes pre-and post-Dobbs across abortion legislation status, analyzing natality data from the CDC WONDER database.
🎧 Oliver Wyman Health (podcast): Evaluating Health Technology: Value, Impact, ROI
In this podcast, Oliver Wyman’s Ran Strul sits down with Caroline Pearson, Executive Director of the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI), to discuss the role technology can play in improving healthcare affordability and outcomes.