[ad_1] Florida’s healthcare agency has immediately suspended Medicaid and long-term care enrollment in a Centene subsidiary and fined the insurer nearly $9.1 million, after a computer glitch led […]
Feds join lawsuit against EHR vendor ModMed
[ad_1] The federal government will intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit against electronic health records vendor Modernizing Medicine and its co-founders that became public Friday. The lawsuit […]
Healthcare data breaches
[ad_1] February saw a drop in both breaches and the number of individuals affected vs. January 2022, as well as February of last year. [ad_2] Source link
Why the latest federal spending bill matters to digital health equity
[ad_1] On March 15, President Joe Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill that included a variety of new initiatives, including aid to Ukraine, infrastructure investment and […]
Senators ask GAO to examine Medicaid’s low COVID vaccination rates
[ad_1] Two prominent Democratic senators have requested a Government Accountability Office study of why COVID vaccination rates remain far lower among Medicaid enrollees than the general population and what […]
COVID-19 rates plunge as decision nears on US asylum limits
[ad_1] One by one, a voice called out the names of 169 people just released by U.S. Border Patrol. Migrants rose from folding chairs in a clinic warehouse […]
Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming
[ad_1] As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long […]
Hospitals worry as more drugmakers limit 340B discounts
[ad_1] University of Washington Medicine is getting nervous about the future of its 340B discounts as more drug manufacturers restrict discounts for drugs dispensed at contract pharmacies. “We’re […]
Medicare Advantage groups back UnitedHealthcare’s bid to end overpayment rule
[ad_1] Payers, providers and technology firms threw their support behind UnitedHealthcare’s effort to have the U. S Supreme Court to eliminate a rule that leaves Medicare Advantage plans […]
Medicare call center workers go on strike at federal contracting firm
[ad_1] Call center workers who handle Medicare issues for Americans went on a one-day strike at facilities in Mississippi and Louisiana. Employees at the call centers in Hattiesburg, […]