CMS unveils surprise-billing rule: 10 things to know
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS unveiled July 2 the first in a series of rules aimed at shielding
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Health Care Finance
July price hikes have been announced for 32 brand drugs
According to GoodRx, price hikes by pharmaceutical manufacturers are averaging 3.6 percent for the month of July. with the recent
Read MorePaying Billions for Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug? How About Funding This Instead?
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) If you could invest $56 billion each year in improving health care for
Read MoreStandardized payer contracts could lower administrative costs more than ‘Medicare for All’: study
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Researchers at Stanford (Calif.) University published an article detailing simulation-based findings on the
Read MoreStates Step Up Push to Regulate Pharmacy Drug Brokers
(By Katheryn Houghton for Kaiser Health News) Under pressure to rein in skyrocketing prescription drug costs, states are targeting companies
Read MoreDesperate for Home Care, Seniors Often Wait Months With Workers in Short Supply
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) CASTINE, Maine — For years, Louise Shackett has had trouble walking or standing
Read MoreWalmart announces the launch of its own analog insulin
Walmart has announced the launch of its private brand of analog insulin through the ReliOn brand. The vials will be
Read MoreExtended Medicare sequester may help fund $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) One of the funding sources for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill includes an extension
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The price for brand-name drugs increased, on average, by 159 percent between 2007 and 2018, according to the latest study
Read MoreWill Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug’s burden on Medicare be big, huge, or catastrophic?
(By Rachel Cohrs and J. Emory Parker for STAT) The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to grant wide-ranging approval to
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