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House Passes $1.9B Budget for VA EHRM, Uninsured Rate Drops During COVID

August 8, 2023 - In healthcare policy news this week, an appropriations act aims to overhaul the VA’s Oracle Cerner EHR implementation. Meanwhile, HHS data showed that 6.3 million people gained healthcare insurance coverage between 2020 and 2023, dropping the overall uninsured rate to an all-time low. House Bill Would Grant $1.9B for VA EHRM The Military...

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CMS Pauses Medicaid Redeterminations, $44M Telehealth Fraud Scheme

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...

CMS Doles out $9B After Supreme Court Ruling, FDA Approves Leqembi

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) rejoiced with news that CMS would pay $9 billion to rectify previous 340B payment cuts. Meanwhile, Alzheimer’s...

CMS Pitches New Value-Based Care Model, Medicare Spending Rises Fast

by Hayden Schmidt

In policy news this week, CMS will test a new value-based care model in eight states. The model offers participants additional revenue to improve their primary care services. Meanwhile, research from...

VA May Cut Staff to Pay for EHR, FTC Sues to Block Amgen Horizon Mega Deal

by Hayden Schmidt

In policy news this week, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials were denounced by a sitting congresswoman for implying that facilities would have to cut staff in order to pay for budget...

VA Renegotiates EHR Contract, New Telehealth Bill for Medicare Beneficiaries

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) successfully renegotiated its EHR contract with Oracle Cerner. Meanwhile, new legislation may extend telemental health...

VA Deals with Another EHR Outage, CMS to Enforce Price Transparency Rules

by Hayden Schmidt

This week in policy news, politicians are preparing legislation to reign in the VA EHR modernization program while CMS gears up to fine hospitals that still haven’t complied with transparency...

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

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...

HHS Releases Cancer Moonshot Plan, VA EHRM Pause Extended

by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, the ambitious Biden Administration Cancer Moonshot was detailed in a new plan released by HHS. Meanwhile, the beleaguered VA EHR project has been put on the back burner...

House Votes to Declassify COVID-19 Origins, EPA Proposes PFAS Limits

by Hayden Schmidt

In policy news this week, Congress is demanding to reveal the origins of COVID-19 after conflicting reports of the virus’s origins arose. Meanwhile, the EPA plans to set strict limits on certain...

VA EHR May Gain Biden Budget Boost as Congress Threatens Cuts

by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, continued turmoil for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR project, and the FDA released several changes to its mammography regulations that hope to improve the breast...

VA Deputy Secretary Gone Amid EHRM Row, DEA Proposes New Telemedicine Rule

by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) took another blow to its EHR modernization (EHRM) project after the man in charge of running the campaign stepped down. Meanwhile, the DEA...

CMS Pauses Payment Determinations, Senators Introduce SAFER Health Act

by Hayden Schmidt

This week CMS decided to pause all payment determinations from certified independent dispute resolution (IDR) entities following a Texas district court decision. Meanwhile, a bill recently debuted in...

Democrats Planning VA EHR Reorganization, GoodRx Fined $1.5M by FTC

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, a new report discovered that Democrats are preparing their answer to VA EHR modernization issues in response to a Republican proposal released recently. Meanwhile,...

VA EHR Project to Resume in 2023 Following Setbacks and Staff Layoffs

by Hayden Schmidt

Policy news this week includes updates on the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) project and news about an emerging pro-Russian hacktivist group threatening the US healthcare...

CDC Finds 3,500 Long COVID Deaths, Healthcare Spending Reaches $4.3T

by Hayden Schmidt

In this week’s policy roundup, the annual CMS accounting report found that healthcare expenditures slowed compared to 2020 but still reached $4.3 trillion in 2021. And a CDC study looking at...

VA EHR Scrutinized After Veteran Deaths, Lawsuit Targets Medication Abortions

by Hayden Schmidt

Abortion opponents, led by The Alliance for Defending Freedom, which also worked to overturn Roe v. Wade, are now targeting the medications used for ending pregnancies. The lawsuit filed in Texas seeks...

HHS Fixes ACA Family Glitch, Loses 340B Drug Pricing Program Battle

by Hayden Schmidt

US District Judge Rudolph Contreras has ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to restore full payments to hospitals and reverse its cuts to the 340B Drug Pricing Program. HHS,...

EHR Costs Drain VA Budget, FDA Approval for ALS Treatment

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...

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

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...

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