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POLLING
SNAPCHAT: Via Mashable, VERBATIM: “Teens on Snapchat frequently encounter unwanted or dangerous content on the platform, according to a new survey. A third of the poll’s 1,016 respondents said they’d seen or received unsafe content or messages in the past week. More than half said they’d had at least one such experience in the past year.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4v16VeD
HEALTHCARE: Via Fierce Healthcare, VERBATIM: “One in five adults with private insurance coverage said that they or a family member had a medical service denied in the past year, even though it was recommended by their physician. The Commonwealth Fund released its 2025 Affordability Survey and the results of focus groups on the subject, which found that 8% of coverage denials were due to denied claims, while 13% were due to prior authorization denials. One percent of the denied services fell into both categories, per the report.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4ukZe1Q
AI: Via Medical Economics, VERBATIM: “Physicians remain split on whether artificial intelligence (AI) is improving medicine, even as adoption of AI scribes climbs across primary care and specialty practices . . . The poll, which gathered responses from 103 physicians, showed that 55% believe AI is improving medicine, whereas 45% do not. Seventy percent of respondents currently use AI scribes or are evaluating vendors, but the time those physicians report actually saving varies widely.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4ebSs8G
YOUTH: Via The Trevor Project, VERBATIM: “The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, released The 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People, analyzing the experiences of more than 16,000 LGBTQ+ young people ages 13 to 24 across the United States. In its seventh iteration, the national survey again found that LGBTQ+ young people are often placed at heightened risk for suicidality because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4o5vdBr
AGING: Via Medical Xpress, VERBATIM: “LGBTQ+ folks 50 and older are less confident than their peers that they’ll be able to age gracefully. Aging LGBTQ+ adults already have higher rates of disability, loneliness and isolation than non-LGBTQ+ people their age, the survey found. It also found that fewer think they’ll be able to count on support from social services, health care, friends or family as they age.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4e91dQL
POT + SLEEP: Via AASM, VERBATIM: “New survey results from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine explore the complex relationship between marijuana use and sleep. One-third (33%) of adults reported that their sleep is slightly or significantly better when they use marijuana. In contrast, 19% of adults reported either no impact (11%) or that their sleep is worse when they use marijuana (8%), and 47% of respondents indicated that they don’t use marijuana.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4uQXfTZ
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MEDICAID SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FOR ALL OF US: Medicaid keeps Minnesota’s hospitals strong and ensures communities across the state have access to care. Policymakers must protect Medicaid so every Minnesotan — regardless of income or health status — can get the care they need, when they need it. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/3FtrCuH (SPONSORED: Minnesota Hospital Association)
THURSDAY FEED
MEDICAID: Via DHS, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota Department of Human Services finished a comprehensive top-to-bottom review of nearly 5,600 high-risk Medicaid providers on time on May 31. Completing the effort is a key part of Minnesota’s plan to stop the federal government from withholding up to $2 billion from its Medicaid program. The five-month review required providers to show they met heightened legal and eligibility standards required to operate and serve vulnerable people.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4ojij2X
MORE: Via KSTP-TV, VERBATIM: “Of the 5,583 high-risk providers, 2,061 were successfully revalidated, while 3,411 were disenrolled and will stop receiving payments. Nearly three-quarters of the providers that weren’t revalidated (2,491) were due to incomplete or unsubmitted documentation. Another 916 failed on-site verification visits, and four failed background checks.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4e7RPwM
MORE: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “Providers may appeal their disenrollment, DHS said, but in the meantime, some Minnesotans may see disruptions to their services.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4v9OBQN
WORK RULES: Via NPR, VERBATIM: “Advocates for people with serious illnesses, like cancer and HIV, say the strict Medicaid work rules that the Trump administration released this week are likely to put ongoing treatments in jeopardy. States must put the work requirements into effect by January 1. That was already a tight timeline, says Adrianna McIntyre, assistant professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43Ump89
MED RECORDS: Via KFF Health News, VERBATIM: “U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pursuing federal government access to most Americans’ medical records, in a quest to research a link between vaccines and autism — a connection the medical establishment studied for decades and flatly rejects. The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking data from little-known state systems that allow hospitals and clinics to exchange detailed, identifiable patient information, KFF Health News has learned. In private meetings, some public health leaders have objected to giving Kennedy’s team access to such data, raising doubts that it’s legal or that the information would even be useful.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4x9keLn
URINE TEST: Via HealthDay, VERBATIM: “A simple urine test might help identify children who are likely to have autism earlier than the best assessment tools now available, a new study says. Autistic children appear to have specific gut microbe profiles that can be used to distinguish them from neurotypical (or typically developing) children, researchers reported May 26 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4fVGEtu
OVERDOSES: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “Authorities in the south Twin Cities metro have issued a warning after a spike in overdoses over the past week – some of them fatal. The Dakota County Drug Task Force said it has seen a flurry of fatal and non-fatal overdoses, with a noticeable spike between Tuesday and Wednesday.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4dQeXB2
TOBACCO: Via WCCO-Radio, VERBATIM: “Quit Partners of Minnesota is looking for former smokers to help others quit too . . . [Spokesperson Mike Sheldon] says they are simply asking former smokers to share what worked for them.” QUOTE: “We do want to make sure that folks understand that they have these, again, these free tools and resources that are available to them, to help them quit any type of tobacco product,” says Sheldon. “Whatever it is that they need support with.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4vycrFy
VAPES: Via HealthDay, VERBATIM: “E-cigarettes that offer a lot of extra puffs might become more toxic the longer they are used, a new study says. High-puff vapes can typically deliver into the thousands of inhalations before they run out, because they hold more e-liquid and are designed for extended use, researchers said. But toxic chemicals called aldehydes start building up in the e-liquid as it is repeatedly exposed to vapor-producing heat, researchers reported May 28 in the journal ACS Omega.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43Ad6uh
LEGISLATORS STEPPED UP FOR HCMC, BUT MORE SUPPORT IS NEEDED FOR RURAL HOSPITALS: Savings from the 340B drug program help local hospitals sustain access to cancer treatment, specialty services, and technology investments in rural communities. While drug companies continue to raise prices and rake in profits, rural hospitals will be forced to stretch limited resources even further if legislators don’t step up to strengthen the 340B program. READ MORE: Tough times for rural hospitals after legislative session - KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News (SPONSORED: Essentia Health)
SUMMER LOADING…
SWIMMING: Via WCCO-Radio, VERBATIM: “With the school year coming to a close for many and warmer weather here to stay, swimming safety experts are reminding eager swimmers that basic safety precautions can be the difference between life and death this summer.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/43k03Nh
SUNSHINE: Via Minnesota Medical Association, VERBATIM: “Now that summer weather has arrived, Minnesota physicians are urging their fellow Minnesotans to take the summer sun seriously and take precautions to prevent skin cancer.” QUOTE: “Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the United States,” said MMA President Lisa Mattson, MD. “Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a proven human carcinogen, and we must all take the steps necessary to limit our exposure and decrease the risk of skin cancer.”
CANCER SCREENING: Via Daily Yonder, VERBATIM: “A new research project in Minnesota hopes to save lives in rural parts of the state by increasing the number of people who recommend lung screening. Getting to people in rural parts of the state may come down to getting more people in a rural doctor’s office to recommend lung cancer screening to patients, according to Dr. Abbie Begnaud of the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota, who is working with the Minnesota Cancer Clinical Trials Network to increase lung cancer screening across the state.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4e5jhLG
STUDY: Via Mayo Clinic, VERBATIM: “In a study published in the Liver Transplantation journal by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Mayo Clinic researchers found that a new proactive treatment protocol for alcohol use disorder after liver transplant resulted in a 0% heavy alcohol relapse rate among patients who followed the protocol, compared with a historical relapse rate of approximately 25%.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RSfREs
TRANSPLANTS: Via Minneapolis-based NMDP, VERBATIM: “NMDP, the nonprofit organization that operates the national registry of unrelated bone marrow donors and cord blood units through the federally-authorized C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program, and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the Program, hosted today a celebratory event recognizing their public-private partnership expanding patient access to lifesaving bone marrow and cord blood transplants also known as blood stem cell transplants. The celebration highlighted the Program’s milestone of facilitating 150,000 blood stem cell transplants.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RRrcEK
TASK FORCE: Via Minnesota Medical Association, VERBATIM: “The MMA Advocacy & Policy Committee (APC) is seeking physician volunteers to serve on its newly created Medical Liability Task Force. The task force is charged with recommending changes to the APC on MMA policies that deal with medical liability, many of which have not been updated since the 1980s.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4ue9zwk
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DIET MED: Via Karolinska Institutet, VERBATIM: “Scientists have developed an experimental diabetes and obesity pill that works in a completely different way from drugs like Ozempic. Rather than reducing hunger, it activates metabolism in skeletal muscle, helping lower blood sugar and increase fat burning while preserving muscle mass. Early clinical results suggest the treatment is safe and well tolerated.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4obJWLt
CLOCK: Via Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, VERBATIM: “A newly discovered genetic clock acts as the master timekeeper for development, orchestrating crucial bursts of gene activity throughout a worm’s growth. When the clock is disrupted, development stops, offering fresh clues about how growth-related disorders may arise.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4vP7bO3
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