[ad_1] The Biden administration has backed off its plans to prevent a decade-long uncompensated care waiver extension from going into effect. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
Stanford Health withholds health benefits for striking nurses
[ad_1] Five thousand nurses at Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health in California face losing their health benefits for going on strike Monday. Stanford responded to the […]
California investigating Centene over alleged Medicaid fraud
[ad_1] California regulators are investigating Centene Corp. over allegations that the company overcharged the state’s Medicaid department for drugs, according to a state Department of Health Care Services […]
Physicians are uneasy as Colorado collects providers’ diversity data
[ad_1] Shaunti Meyer, a certified nurse-midwife and medical director at STRIDE Community Health Center in Colorado, doesn’t usually disclose her sexual orientation to patients. But at times it […]
UnitedHealth aims to sell Change Healthcare’s $2.2B claims editing service
[ad_1] UnitedHealth Group will sell Change Healthcare’s CHNG.O claims editing business for $2.2 billion to private equity firm TPG Capital if regulators approve a proposed merger between the […]
Biden admin to promote availability of COVID antiviral pill
[ad_1] President Joe Biden and his administration want Americans and their doctors to know that the country has an ample supply of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid […]
CVS complaint raises question: Is it customer service or a HIPAA violation?
[ad_1] Patient Beth Joyner Waldron’s social media presence, and a company’s response to it, has raised a legal question. For the last six months, Joyner Waldron has publicly […]
COVID shots still work but researchers hunt new improvements
[ad_1] COVID-19 vaccinations are at a critical juncture as companies test whether new approaches like combination shots or nasal drops can keep up with a mutating coronavirus — […]
CMS proposes 5 Medicare special enrollment periods
[ad_1] Medicare beneficiaries experiencing specific illnesses or circumstances could soon get Part B coverage outside the normal open enrollment periods under a proposed rule released Friday. Individuals who […]
CMS will let a 10-year Texas Medicaid extension waiver survive
[ad_1] The Biden administration has backed off its plans to prevent a decade-long uncompensated care waiver extension go into effect. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said […]