In an effort to reduce the US reliance on the global pharmaceutical supply chain, the Biden Administration accepted recommendations for improving the US supply chain. Meanwhile, the FDA approved a...
As the healthcare industry moves toward interoperability, payers are juggling numerous factors to both meet CMS requirements and further the aims of interoperability.
The industrywide movement toward...
Happy Friday after a long short week of work. Many of us in the Northeast will be scrambling to the coast to get some sun following a bleak and dreary Memorial Day Weekend.
Press Ganey Gets OK from...
As the DOJ sets its eyes on COVID-19-related telefraud, CMS called for public comments on delaying value-based drug payment rules. Meanwhile, a new Senate bill proposes expanding VA mental health...
Today’s healthcare headlines comes with our Memorial Day Weekend countdown. We’re almost there.
Congress OKs Brooks-LaSure as CMS Head
The Senate has confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to...
HHS is busy dispersing funds for pediatric mental health and COVID-19 testing for uninsured patients while under fire DGME payments. CMS gets a new administrator, delays final ruling after public...
As HHS continues to make American Rescue Plan funding available, their efforts signal an emphasis on vulnerable populations and communities. Meanwhile, lawmakers urge HHS to extend Provider Relief Fund...
As part of the pandemic response, the Biden administration is working to knock down barriers to receiving COVID-19 vaccines—eliminating financial barriers and expanding access. All the while, CMS...
The FDA remains busy as Johnson & Johnson vaccine review ends and cancer drug approval discussions commence. Meanwhile, HHS allocates funding to medically underserved health centers to improve...
In an effort to deliver more equitable care, states can now expand Medicaid coverage for women postpartum. And CMS proposes increased payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and inpatient...
Just over a year after the first COVID-19 peak began, healthcare organizations are finally working out the technology best practices that got them through the pandemic and will carry them beyond it....
HHS promotes additional spending to advertise the Special Enrollment Period and make members aware of low-cost premium plans. And CMS begins recouping payments to providers, delays payments pending...
Rounding out HHS appointees, the Senate confirms Secretary Xavier Becerra to lead the department. And CMS marks the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act by extending the special enrollment...
