Academic Organizations Letter to the Editor — Need for Increased Funding for Residency and… Thomas Sullivan Feb 4, 2022 0 From time to time, we receive letters to the editors on a story. Today we received this well writing letter from Natalie Bullock,…
Medicare Study Found MA Quality Bonus Program Resulted in No Observable Difference… Thomas Sullivan Feb 2, 2022 0 Health Affairs recently published an article that found the effectiveness of the Medicare quality bonus program was limited. The…
Uncategorized Patients and Advocates Frustrated by CMS Draft Decision Regarding Aduhelm Thomas Sullivan Feb 1, 2022 0 In early January 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released a draft decision that would only permit Medicare…
AMA AHA and AMA File Lawsuit Against Biden Administration Over Implementation… Thomas Sullivan Jan 31, 2022 0 Toward the end of 2021, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) filed a joint lawsuit…
Uncategorized Policy and Medicine Compliance Update January 2021 Issue Offers insights… Thomas Sullivan Jan 29, 2022 0 Policy and Medicine Compliance Update is our monthly compliance publication designed to help compliance professionals go…
CMS CMS Releases Proposed Rule for Major MA and Part D Changes Thomas Sullivan Jan 28, 2022 0 The Biden administration wants Medicare Part D plans to apply any price concessions they get from drug makers to the point-of-sale…
Affordable Care Act Biden Administration Proposes Requiring Standardized Plan Designs on ACA… Thomas Sullivan Jan 27, 2022 0 The Biden administration is aiming to require insurers to offer standardized plan designs on the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's)…
CMS CMS Rescinds Most Favored Nation Rule Thomas Sullivan Jan 26, 2022 0 CMS officially rescinded the “Most Favored Nation (MFN)” interim final rule. The MFN rule was issued near the end of the Trump…
COVID-19 COVID Tests Drove Increase in Medicare Part B Spending in 2020 Thomas Sullivan Jan 25, 2022 0 In December 2021, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) released a data…
HHS Hospitals Request HHS Take Action on 340B Pricing Thomas Sullivan Jan 24, 2022 0 On December 20, 2021, a group of more than 850 hospitals signed a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human…