[ad_1] Providers want the Federal Trade Commission to investigate pharmacy benefit managers’ business practices, but PBMs and insurers say pharmaceutical manufacturers are to blame for sky-high drug prices. […]
Cedars-Sinai, union agree to three-year contract
[ad_1] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a union representing 2,000 workers reached a three-year contract agreement weeks after workers staged a five-day strike, the union announced Saturday. Service Employees […]
Everything You Need To Know About Mesothelioma Settlement
Settlements involving mesothelioma occur when asbestos companies’ representatives agree to compensate victims exposed to their products. The average mesothelioma settlement is approximately $100,000. What Is Mesothelioma Settlement? In […]
5 Common work-related diseases and their causes
Work-related diseases refer to the illnesses and conditions that occur at the workplace or cause the aggravation of a preexisting condition. In the early 1900s, the general public’s […]
CMS to adjust Medicare premiums in 2023 due to lower Aduhelm costs
[ad_1] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will take lower-than-anticipated spending on the controversial Alzheimer’s disease medication Aduhelm into account when calculating Medicare Part B premiums for […]
Cleveland Clinic records Q1 operating loss as labor costs rise, admissions lag
[ad_1] Cleveland Clinic reported a $104.5 million operating loss in the first quarter as labor expenses rose and inpatient admissions declined. The 20-hospital not-for-profit health system’s revenue rose […]
Betting on ‘Golden Age’ of colonoscopies, private equity invests in gastro docs
[ad_1] Studies show that private equity investment in healthcare results in more surprise bills and overall higher costs for patients. Surprise billing is the practice of charging insured […]
Burned out by COVID and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize
[ad_1] In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many […]
CVS Health launches virtual primary care platform
[ad_1] CVS Health’s new digital platform intends to give consumers access to health services on demand, whether they are at home or in a retail or community-based setting. […]
Community health centers face trouble after public health emergency ends
[ad_1] A perfect storm looms for federally qualified health centers whenever the federal government decides the COVID-19 public health emergency is over. When that declaration ends, which isn’t […]