Amid landmark opioid settlements and evolving public sentiment around drug use, nearly 107,000 US adults died in 2021 from an overdose, according to the CDC.

To combat the ongoing overdose crisis, which has worsened with opioid availability in medical practices and illicit markets, states and jurisdictions have turned to a model that works in other countries: overdose prevention centers (OPCs).

OPCs offer sterile materials and provide supervision while community members consume or inject pre-obtained drugs. The centers also allow people who use drugs to build community and potentially open avenues for them to seek treatment or reduce their drug use—but not every locality is willing to open one due to federal restrictions.

Keep reading here.—GP

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Healthcare bankruptcies surged in 2023, and it turns out many of the companies that went under had one thing in common: private equity (PE) ownership.

At least 21% of the 80 healthcare companies that filed for bankruptcy last year were PE-owned, according to a report from the nonprofit Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP).

“PE’s excessive use of debt and aggressive financial strategies put healthcare companies at risk, and in turn threaten the stability of critical healthcare resources across the country,” Eileen O’Grady, research and campaign director at PESP, wrote in the report.

Keep reading here.—MA

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Low-income communities often struggle to access healthcare services, but a new analysis of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)—which provide quality care to patients regardless of ability to pay—has helped nail down one reason.

When it comes to screening for certain cancers, these nonprofit community health centers have fallen far behind the national average, according to a study led by cancer center researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson and the University of New Mexico.

Of eligible patients, FQHCs only screened 45.4% for breast cancer, 51% for cervical cancer, and 40.2% for colorectal cancer—versus the average national screening rates of 78.2% for breast cancer, 82.9% for cervical cancer, and 72.3% for colorectal cancer, according to the study, which published in JAMA on April 29.

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