Health Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill
(Source – The Kaiser Family Foundation published May 20, 2025) On May 18, the House Budget Committee advanced a budget
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Healthcare Finance
How Will the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Affect the ACA, Medicaid, and the Uninsured Rate?
(By Jared Ortaliza, Matt McGough, Cynthia Cox, Kaye Pestaina, Robin Rudowitz, and Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published:
Read MoreCMS Releases Draft Guidance for the Third Cycle of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program to Lower Drug Prices for American Patients
(Source -www.cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing draft guidance for public comment on the third
Read MoreInsurers pay higher commercial prices to hospitals in their Medicare Advantage network: Study
(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) On average, insurers pay 4.7% higher commercial prices to hospitals that are a part
Read MoreTrump signs an order to reduce drug prices, but it’s unclear how it would work
(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) President Trump is taking aim at U.S. drug prices with an executive order geared toward
Read MoreShould CMS monitor biosimilar coverage on formularies?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a study that found many Medicare
Read MorePBMs and pharmacy closures
Those independent pharmacies, excluded from Medicare Part D networks, were more likely to close. A new research study conducted by
Read MoreMedicaid Covers at Least One in Five Hospital Inpatient Days in Nearly Every State
(By Zachary Levinson, Jamie Godwin, Scott Hulver, and Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 05, 2025) The
Read MoreHow to lower healthcare costs
The cost of the U.S. healthcare system has ballooned to $4 trillion a year. Although the number of heart-related deaths
Read MoreMedicare Part D coverage of GLP-1s could raise costs by $48B
(By: Alexandra Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare coverage of obesity medications could drive a substantial rise in healthcare spending,
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