[ad_1] CVS Health will return blood thinner Eliquis to its pharmacy benefit manager’s commercial formulary beginning July 1, reversing a decision that sparked protests from physicians and patients, […]
1,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses set to strike
[ad_1] One thousand nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center plan to go on strike Thursday over patient care and staffing levels, their union said Wednesday. California […]
Overturned abortion law would jeopardize doctors
[ad_1] Physicians and their employers are working to get ahead of the Supreme Court’s pending Roe v. Wade decision, worried about their legal exposure to “trigger-happy” prosecutors in […]
CMS proposes pay boost for ESRD facilities
[ad_1] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes a 3.1% Medicare pay hike for dialysis providers next year and lays out plans for quality improvement in a […]
Molina Healthcare settles False Claims Act allegations
[ad_1] Molina Healthcare and its former subsidiary, Pathways of Massachusetts, agreed to pay more than $4.6 million to resolve false claims and whistleblower allegations, the Justice Department said […]
New York hospital unknowingly advised patients against birth plans for years
[ad_1] The letter also said that “giving our patients the best of care” may involve such procedures as episiotomies, which are incisions made at the opening of the […]
Supreme Court denies UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage appeal
[ad_1] The Supreme Court declined to hear UnitedHealthcare’s challenge to a federal regulation that makes Medicare Advantage insurers liable for False Claims Act lawsuits when they fail to […]
Express Scripts’ ‘refill pill mill’ bilked government, suit alleges
[ad_1] Express Scripts delivered unnecessary prescription drugs to military personnel, bilking the federal government and vendors out of billions of dollars, a whistleblower alleges in a False Claims […]
Telehealth providers brace for Roe v. Wade ruling
[ad_1] Choix currently operates in California, Colorado and Illinois, with plans to expand into two other states by the end of July. “Abortion care via telehealth is [still] […]
DaVita loses employer health plan case at Supreme Court
[ad_1] An employer health plan didn’t violate federal law by limiting outpatient dialysis benefits for policyholders, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 7-2 decision holds that Marietta Memorial […]