5 nursing homes sue Illinois over low Medicaid rates
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Five Illinois nursing home operators filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of
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Health Care Finance
Pricing disparities
According to recent the Congressional Budget Office analysis comparing prices of the 20 most common and costly physicians’ services paid
Read More340B Protecting Access for the Underserved and Safety-net Entities Act
Republican Rep. Larry Bucshon introduced the “340B Protecting Access for the Underserved and Safety-net Entities Act” (340B PAUSE Act), legislation
Read MoreAt $850,000, price for new childhood blindness gene therapy four times too high, nonprofit says
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) The $850,000 list price for a new medicine that treats a genetic form of childhood blindness is
Read MoreThe High Cost Of Medical Marijuana Causes Pain In Vermont
(By Emily Corwin for NPR) Recent scientific reviews have found substantial evidence that marijuana can be useful in easing at least some
Read MoreMedPAC votes to kill MIPS, recommends alternative program
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a federal group tasked to advise Congress on
Read MoreCaring Voice Coalition lost crucial stamp of approval from the U.S. government
Caring Voice Coalition, a major drug industry funded charity, had received hundreds of millions of dollars from drug companies, but
Read MoreConsumers waiting for their refund checks to visit to the doctor or dentist
Some consumers are waiting for their refund checks to spend on a long-delayed purchase – a visit to the doctor
Read MoreCMS launches new bundled payment model: 6 things to know
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS announced a new voluntary bundled payment model on Tuesday, which is the first advanced
Read MoreMACRA, price transparency, value-based care & more — 5 trends for 2018
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Analysts with Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Avalere hosted a webinar Jan. 4 on the top
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