Accountable Care Organizations Direct Contracting Model Results in Savings for Medicare in First Year Thomas Sullivan Jan 23, 2023 0 Data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) found that in 2021, the first year of the professional and…
Drug Prices ICER Releases Unsupported Price Increases Report for 2021 Thomas Sullivan Jan 20, 2023 0 Recently, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) published its Unsupported Price Increase Report of prescription…
Congress Omnibus Bill Includes Changes to Pharmaceutical and Device Investigational… Thomas Sullivan Jan 19, 2023 0 The omnibus spending bill that passed Congress shortly before Christmas 2022 included legislation that was previously introduced…
HHS HHS Aware of MA Fraud, Planning Policies to Improve the Program Thomas Sullivan Jan 18, 2023 0 While speaking at an industry conference, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra…
Medicare Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network Releases Report on… Thomas Sullivan Jan 17, 2023 0 In late 2022, the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network released a report on the implementation of value-based care…
FTC Groups Ask FTC to Investigate GPOs Thomas Sullivan Jan 16, 2023 0 A handful of advocacy groups – including the American Economic Liberties Project, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Demand…
CMS CMS Finalizes Proposal to Return 340B Drugs to ASP Plus 6% Rate Thomas Sullivan Jan 13, 2023 0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule.…
Opioids Teva and AbbVie Agree to $6.6 Billion in Opioid Settlements Thomas Sullivan Jan 12, 2023 0 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and AbbVie Inc. recently announced that they finalized the terms of settlements of more than…
DOJ Three California Providers Settle $22.5 Million Settlement for Submission… Thomas Sullivan Jan 11, 2023 0 On December 7, 2022, three health care providers reached two separate settlements to resolve allegations that they violated the…
Transparency Transparency in Coverage Report Released by Patients Rights Advocate Thomas Sullivan Jan 10, 2023 0 Recently, PatientsRightsAdvocate.org published its Transparency in Coverage Report, finding that some large hospitals are not…