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Healthcare Costs Hurting Individuals and the US Healthcare System

August 23, 2023 - Today’s roundup focuses on pricing disparities of drugs and hospital services, the burden of medical debt on middle-class Americans, and the financial implications of data breaches caused by technology use in healthcare. Exorbitant US Prices for Weight Loss Drug Raise Eyebrows A report by the Peterson–KFF Health System Tracker...

CMS Pauses Medicaid Redeterminations, $44M Telehealth Fraud Scheme

August 01, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, CMS is pausing several state coverage redeterminations in light of procedural challenges that have resulted in millions losing their health insurance. Meanwhile, a...

SCOTUS Upholds FDA Mifepristone Approval, Congress Inspects COVID-19 Relief

April 25, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

Policy news this week looks at the SCOTUS decision to protect abortion pills in the interim and the decision of the congressional oversight committee to investigate hospitals that may have misused...

White House Tackles Drug Reform, Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights

October 11, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Last week, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning all people convicted of federal marijuana possession and seeking to reclassify marijuana with the Department of Health and Human Services...

EHR Costs Drain VA Budget, FDA Approval for ALS Treatment

October 04, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

*This article has been updated to clarify the FDA's decision on Relyvrio* This week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continues to struggle with its EHR implementation as the Oracle-Cerner...

Medicare Advantage Plans Face Scrutiny, Biden Secures COVID-19 Boosters

August 30, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Chair of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Ron Wyden is digging into Medicare Advantage marketing practices that may target consumers with misleading and harmful tactics. The Senator sent letters to...

VA EHR Barraged with Major Incidents, BCBS Closes $2.67B Antitrust Suit

August 23, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

A data set released by the VA recorded 498 major incidents and 930 hours of disruptions with the Oracle Cerner EHR implementation since 2020. The latest data is another blow to the VA’s...

VA EHR System Outage, California Launching Statewide HIE

April 13, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Connected health technology is making inroads in the State of California as officials there prepare to release the framework for their new statewide health information exchange (HIE) database in July....

Second Moderna Booster Gets FDA Approval, Biden Administration Eyes ACA Fix

April 06, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Moderna received FDA approval for its application to market a second round of boosters to adults 50 years and older. The fourth shot in the sequence has been shown to restore some of the immunity lost...

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