Category: Prescription Drugs

Insurers won’t offer free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests after public health emergency ends

Wisconsin health plans will no longer cover eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per member for free each month, after the federal public health emergency ends next week. 
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JFC objects again to opioid settlement spending plan

The Republican-controlled Legislature's budget-writing committee on Tuesday put the brakes on a plan by state health officials to spend the second year of opioid settlement funds from agreements with a drugmaker and three drug distributors. 
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Concerns remain about unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions despite decline

Outpatient antibiotic use overall declined between 2018 and 2021, but some providers still inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for viral respiratory issues, according to a recent report by the Department of Health Services.
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DHS prioritizes boosting access to Narcan, fentanyl test strips with opioid settlement dollars

The Department of Health Services wants to use half of the $8 million it expects to receive this year in opioid settlement funds from a drugmaker and three drug distributors to expand access to the anti-overdose drug Narcan and fentanyl test strips.
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Department of Corrections pushes to expand mental health, substance use disorder treatment

Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr pitched the Legislature’s budget-writing committee Tuesday on Gov. Tony Evers’ plans for the state’s justice system, which include growing a program supporting people with mental illness leaving prison and expanding access to medication-assisted treatment for those with substance use disorders. 
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