CME Rockpointe CME Accredited Webcourse Prepares Advanced Practice Providers… Thomas Sullivan Jan 23, 2022 0 Nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease (NTM-LD), associated with significant morbidity and mortality and bearing 5-year survival…
Compliance Walgreens Pays $500,000 Fine for Allegedly Violating CMP Law Thomas Sullivan Jan 21, 2022 0 In December 2021, Walgreen Co (Walgreens) paid $512,923.78 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, including…
Medical Legal Duke Faces Lawsuit Filed by Private Diagnostic Clinic Thomas Sullivan Jan 20, 2022 0 In late December 2021, Eugene Moretti, MD, MHSc, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) against Duke…
COVID-19 MGMA and AHA Requested PHE Extension, Secretary Becerra Extends COVID-19… Thomas Sullivan Jan 19, 2022 0 On January 12, 2022, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) sent a letter to United States Department of Health and Human…
Congress Cures 2.0 Introduced in the House Thomas Sullivan Jan 18, 2022 0 Two years after beginning work on a follow up to the 21st Century Cures Act, Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Diana DeGette (D-CO)…
HHS Biden Administration Proposes Sweeping Reporting Requirements for Employers… Thomas Sullivan Jan 17, 2022 0 The Biden administration is proposing sweeping new reporting requirements for employers and health insurers in a bid to collect…
Drug Prices ICER Report Takes Aim at Seven Prescription Drug Price Increases Thomas Sullivan Jan 14, 2022 0 In December 2021, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released a new report on Unsupported Price Increases (UPI)…
CMS CMMI Pulls Seriously Ill Component of Primary Care First Model Thomas Sullivan Jan 13, 2022 0 Recently, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) withdrew the seriously ill population component of the Primary…
Pharmacy Centene Corporation Reaches Another State PBM Settlement in Kansas Thomas Sullivan Jan 12, 2022 0 Centene Corporation recently agreed to settle another pharmacy benefit management case, this time in Kansas. The $27.6 million…
Real World Evidence RWD May Not Be Ready for Prime-Time Postapproval Confirmatory Clinical… Thomas Sullivan Jan 11, 2022 0 In November 2021, Joshua D. Wallach, PhD, MS and six other researchers, published a research letter in JAMA Network Open…