On August 26, Governor Doug Ducey today named Don Herrington, a 21-year veteran of the Arizona Department of Health Services, to succeed Dr. Cara Christ, who left the agency August 27 and is now chief medical officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.
Ducey and Herrington named longtime Tucson resident, Dr. Richard Carmona, the...Arizona News
On December 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an official health advisory as the U.S. experiences a surge in fatal drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
About 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in the 12 months ending May 2020, with the largest spike after the COVID-19 public...Arizona News
A few weeks ago, Arizona was leading the nation in coronavirus infections per capita, as the virus spread across many Sun Belt states that had opened quickly in late spring. In response to a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Arizona, the Tucson and Phoenix Veteran Affairs Healthcare Systems are taking...Arizona News
Gov. Doug Ducey is expected to make a decision on schools reopening by the end of July, as concern grows over how children will be kept safe if they return back to school in the fall during the pandemic.
Eighty-seven doctors signed a letter to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey urging him to keep schools shut for at least the first quarter of...Arizona News
Remdesivir is one of the first widely used drugs for COVID-19. It received an emergency use authorization from U.S. regulators in May after a big trial found the medicine sped recovery by about four days in hospitalized patients.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced an agreement to secure large supplies of the...Arizona News
The Steward Health Care owned hospital on 18th Street and Van Buren closed in November, but now Arizona is working on a contract with the health system to re-open the facility for patients of COVID-19.
The facility is scheduled to re-open with 339 ICU beds. The Arizona Department of Health Services predicts the state will need 32,000...Arizona News
Arizona will also provide an additional $5 million in new COVID-19 related funding to Critical Access Hospitals throughout the state; AHCCCS intends to make payments in April.
During this week's State Medicaid Advisory Committee (SMAC), VP of Government Relations for the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Greg Ensell said...Arizona News
Arizona passes a law that mirrors the rule published by the Department of Labor in June of 2018.
With the individual mandate being ineffective due to a zero-dollar penalty, Americans can choose not to buy an ACA compliant plan.
Association health plans (AHP) are an example of options available to consumers that are contrary to ACA...Arizona News
Two Arizona hospitals, Florence Hospital at Anthem and Gilbert Hospital, went bankrupt and closed last summer, leaving over 300 former patients without access to their medical records. On Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey and a Maricopa County judge intervened, filing an order for temporary reactivation of the hospitals' electronic health...Arizona News
New York-based startup health insurance company Oscar Health is expanding and hiring 400 new employees as it acquires new office space to establish a more robust presence in Arizona.
Oscar Health moved into its Tempe office in The Circuit complex just two years ago and is leasing another space in the complex, adding hundreds of...National News
Prescription drug rebates are typically negotiated by pharmacy benefits managers (PBM), such as CVS and United (two of the largest PBMs), but Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar says he has the power to eliminate them in the United States.
Pharmaceutical companies on Thursday, Aug. 10 were notified...
