[ad_1] Federal and state regulators will sue to block Lifespan and Care New England Health System’s proposed merger, which officials said Thursday would increase prices, reduce quality and […]
FTC votes against investigation into PBM business practices
[ad_1] On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission voted 2-2 against studying how the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers effect independent pharmacies. Commissioners Noah Phillips and Christine Wilson, […]
Payers, providers ask for 3-month notice of Medicaid redeterminations
[ad_1] Eight healthcare lobbying organizations want Congress to give their members at least three months notice before ending enhanced federal Medicaid funding and resuming eligibility redeterminations, they wrote […]
Colorado ends crisis care protocol for hospital staffing
[ad_1] Citing declining COVID-19 hospitalizations as the omicron coronavirus variant wanes, Colorado on Thursday deactivated its crisis standards of care that enabled hospitals and emergency medical responders to […]
Medicare paid $6.6 billion in non-hospice care for hospice patients
[ad_1] Medicare may be paying twice for some items and services provided to hospice patients, according to a Health and Human Services Department Office of Inspector General report […]
Cerner pilots program for quicker disability claims process
[ad_1] Cerner has entered an agreement with the U.S. Social Security Administration to help simplify its processing of patient disability benefits claims through the retrieval of medical information […]
Biden admin wants to replace the public charge rule
[ad_1] The Biden administration officially proposed a replacement to a controversial Trump-era policy that allowed federal officials to consider immigrants’ potential use of public programs like Medicaid when […]
UH Lake Health president Cynthia Moore-Hardy sets retirement
[ad_1] Cynthia Moore-Hardy, the longtime president of UH Lake Health, is retiring at the end of the month. University Hospitals, which about a year ago absorbed the Lake […]
As politics infects public health, private companies profit
[ad_1] West Covina officials have criticized the county health department’s COVID restrictions as a one-size-fits-all approach that may work for the second-largest city in the U.S., but not their […]
Estimated 73% of US now immune to omicron: Is that enough?
[ad_1] The omicron wave that assaulted the United States this winter also bolstered its defenses, leaving enough protection against the coronavirus that future spikes will likely require much […]