May 2016

On May 24, 2016, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled, "Medicare and…

In an very unusual move for a government regulator, the CMS acting administrator Andy Slavitt took to Twitter to explain his…

In this contentious election year, favorable coverage of the pharmaceutical industry is, for some reason, hard to come…

Recently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a Request for Information (RFI), asking for both public and…

After reviewing the Merit-based Payment System (MIPS) in detail, we now focus our attention on the alternative payment…

On Tuesday, May 24, 2016, the United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing on pending legislation…

As we have reported, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule to implement the…

For the third year now The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its updated Physician and Other Supplier…

Following last month's letter to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), asking the group to "take…

Patient engagement and patient satisfaction have been a core principle of healthcare reform under ACA and MACRA. The Centers for…