Red Tape Relief effort to roll back Medicare regulations on hospitals
On Tuesday, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee introduced seven bills to roll back Medicare regulations on hospitals.
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Health Care Redesign
Experts look at policies and possible trade-offs to reduce drug prices
The experts weigh in on what policies and possible trade-offs are there if we were to adopt certain policies to
Read MoreCVS-Aetna deal will save money by cutting supply chain negotiations
(By Kathleen Iacocca for STAT) CVS’s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna continues to lurch toward closure — the deal doesn’t
Read MoreBlue Shield’s Trims To Out-Of-State Coverage Give Some Californians The Blues
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Denise Roberts is still coping with complications from
Read MoreOne Implant, Two Prices. It Depends On Who’s Paying.
(By Victoria Knight for Kaiser Health News) Kim Daniels didn’t have to pay a penny for her double mastectomy or
Read MoreVA is extending its telemedicine network
The Department of Veterans Affairs is extending its telemedicine network, “Anywhere to Anywhere VA Health Care”, with a series of
Read MoreWalgreens launches next-day prescription delivery with FedEx
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walgreens is teaming up with FedEx to launch a nationwide next-day delivery service for prescription
Read MoreCVS’ new PBM strategy: Offering clients 100% of drug rebates
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health, the drugstore chain that operates one of the largest pharmacy benefit
Read MoreDrug ‘rebate walls’ should be dismantled by the FTC’s antitrust arm
(By David Balto for STAT) While policymakers are giving considerable attention to escalating drug prices and ways to rein them
Read MoreCMS to allow states to use ACA subsidies for health plans outside of exchanges
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS intends to give states flexibility to reroute funding of ACA premium subsidies
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