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CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medical Debt Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 CMS, Drug price Transparency, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Insulin Cost-sharing, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

3 Inflation Reduction Act Medicare changes taking effect in 2024

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The federal government will cap drug copays and premiums for Medicare beneficiaries and

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM, Price Transparency, Site Neutral Policy

House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM reform package

(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — The House passed a relatively major health care package late Monday, an end-of-year

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 Drug price Transparency, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage transparency, Medicare Part D, PBM

Medicare bills pass House committee: 3 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 19 pieces of legislation Dec. 7,

FDA Health Care Finance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, Biomedical research, Healthcare Costs, March In Rights, Medicare Part D, Prescription drug costs, Prescription Drug Patents

White House proposes to ‘march in’ on patents for costly drugs

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) The Biden administration is taking another crack at high prescription drug prices. This time its

FDA Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Drug Imports, Drugmakers, FDA, Medicare Part D

Colorado Blames Biden Team and Drugmakers for Delaying Canadian Imports

(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) Colorado officials say their plan to import cheaper medicines from Canada has been

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 Clawed Back Fee, CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM Industry, Performance Fees

Biden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update

Eileen Cook November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 congress, Healthcare Costs, Surprise Ambulance Bills

Ambulance rides for just $100? Government advisers want major billing fixes

(By Bob Herman and Tara Bannow for STAT) A panel of government advisers finally has endorsed ideas for Congress to

Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 No Surprises Act, Surprised Medical Billing

How has the federal process for surprise medical billing disputes performed?

(By Krutika Amin, Rakesh Singh, Kaye Pestaina, and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation published November 2, 2023) In

Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Healthcare Network Provider, Medicare Advantage, Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of Health Providers Act

Senators want to bust Medicare Advantage ‘ghost’ networks

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Lawmakers are introducing a bill to crack down on inaccurate provider directories in

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General Mental Health/Behavioral Health Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Healthcare Costs, legislative update, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM Industry

Senate committee plans Nov. 8 vote on wide-ranging health care package

By John Wilkerson and Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Senate Finance Committee plans to vote Nov. 8 on