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CMS Cuts Medicare Pay, AHA Sues HHS on Tracking Technology Policy

November 9, 2023 - In its calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), CMS announced it will slash Medicare payments by 1.25 percent. Primary care and direct patient care providers received an increase in pay while other specialties will take a decrease to maintain budget neutrality. The American Hospitals Association (AHA) took legal...

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CMS Reinstates Original IDR Fee, HHS Launches Heat-Related Illness Tracker

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, CMS was sued by the Texas Medical Association after hiking independent dispute resolution fees by 600 percent in December. Meanwhile, HHS is launching a...

OIG Finds $784M in Improper Payments, Officials Push HHS to Expand HIPAA

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, OIG agents report that HRSA’s uninsured program was plagued with claims that never should have been reimbursed. Meanwhile, representatives are pleading with...

NY Schools to Offer Telemental Health, USPSTF Updates Anxiety Screenings

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, school leaders from the Rochester City School District are instituting a telemental healthcare program for students. Meanwhile, the nation’s preeminent...

FDA Committee Favors OTC Opill, WHO Ends Mpox Emergency

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, the FDA seems primed to approve over-the-counter sales of birth control pills. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) ended the mpox public health emergency...

Washington Passes Data Privacy Law, DEA Delays Telehealth Prescribing Limits

by Hayden Schmidt

Policy news this week includes the DEA’s recent flip-flop on telehealth prescribing rules and a groundbreaking Washington state health data privacy law. Washington Governor Signs Health...

CMS Underreported Nursing Home Quality Issues, New $5B Vaccine Project

by Hayden Schmidt

In healthcare policy news this week, an inspector general report found massive underreporting of quality issues at nursing homes by CMS. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration is launching a $5 billion...

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...

Humana’s Shift to Public Insurance, CMS Proposes Changes to DSH Program

by Hayden Schmidt

This week, CMS proposed a rule that would update requirements for the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program following the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. And insurance giant Humana...

TX Physicians Win No Surprises Act Court Case, PHE to End

by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, HHS officials are bringing an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency, which will have wide-ranging implications for politicians and patients across the United States....

ACA Breaks Enrollment Record, GAO Critiques HHS Control of Pathogen Studies

by Hayden Schmidt

In the news this week, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recorded more enrollments than in any prior year, including 3.6 million enrollees who had not used the marketplace before. Meanwhile, a study by the...

HHS Posts Timeline for Drug Negotiations, FDA Approves Alzheimer’s Drug

by Hayden Schmidt

In this week’s policy roundup, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its detailed timeline for drug pricing negotiations that will begin next year. Meanwhile, the FDA granted...

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...

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,...

NIH $2.7M Machine Learning Grant, HHS Forges Family Caregiver Strategy

by Hayden Schmidt

Digital health vendor, Eko, received $2.7 million from the National Institutes for Health (NIH) to build its machine learning smart stethoscope device. The machine learning algorithm that will make the...

Senators Seek HHS Update to HIPAA, FBI Warns About Legacy Devices

by Hayden Schmidt

An FBI warning letter shared with healthcare providers encouraged them to take an active interest in their legacy systems after the agency noticed increasing security holes across a range of medical...

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...

CDC Ends Some Coronavirus Restrictions, Medicare Changes Under New Act

by Hayden Schmidt

Late last week, CDC introduced new guidance for dealing with coronavirus cases, removing several restrictions as the number of cases continues to rise throughout the country. Revised guidance will lift...

Feds Collect $1.9B from Fraud Settlements, FTC, HHS Vigilant Post-Roe

by Hayden Schmidt

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are stepping up support for access to reproductive healthcare in accordance with executive action from the Biden...

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