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FDA pledges 'efficient regulation' of mobile health apps
The agency hopes to launch its software precertification program next year.
By Meg Bryant • July 5, 2018 -
Los Angeles psychiatric facility settles patient dumping case
Silver Lake Medical Center will create new policies for discharging homeless patients and give $550,000 to fund a new Homeless Patient Assistance Program.
By Les Masterson • July 5, 2018 -
Intermountain funds $12M collaborative SDOH effort
The Utah Alliance for the Determinants of Health is working with SelectHealth Medicaid members in Ogden and St. George.
By Les Masterson • July 5, 2018 -
Deep Dive
The boons of — and barriers to — behavioral health integration
An increasing number of clinics are trying a collaborative care model, but reimbursement, structural and historical barriers remain an obstacle.
By Les Masterson • July 5, 2018 -
CMS proposes home health pay changes, including remote monitoring
The agency estimates the changes will save home health agencies $60 million in annualized costs beginning in 2020.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • July 3, 2018 -
CMS: Unsubsidized ACA enrollment dropped 20% in 2017
The agency used new data to make their case that federal and state-based exchanges and state individual health insurance markets are in turmoil.
By David Lim • July 3, 2018 -
Kentucky to cut dental, vision for up to 460K Medicaid recipients
The state blamed a federal judge's rejection of their proposal to tie benefit eligibility to work requirements.
By Tony Abraham • July 3, 2018 -
Drug, device companies gave docs, teaching hospitals $8.4B in 2017
The amount includes $2.82 billion for non-research payments, such as meals, fees and travel to speaking events.
By Les Masterson • July 3, 2018 -
CMS pitches MA demo letting doctors avoid MIPS rules
Administrator Seema Verma said the pilot looks to "put Medicare Advantage on a more equal playing field with fee-for-service Medicare.”
By Les Masterson • July 2, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Return of the house call
Big systems like Johns Hopkins and CMS itself are increasingly looking to home-based care.
By Les Masterson • July 2, 2018 -
Judge strikes down Kentucky Medicaid work requirements
HHS Secretary Alex Azar "must adequately consider the effect of any demonstration project on the state’s ability to help provide medical coverage," U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote.
By Jeff Byers • July 2, 2018 -
Payment reform must keep patient equity in mind, consumer group says
A Families USA report urges shifting to a payment system that recognizes population health efforts, rewards value and addresses inequities.
By Les Masterson • July 1, 2018 -
Feds boast largest healthcare fraud takedown ever at $2B in false claims
The investigations included 84 opioid cases involving more than 13 million illegal doses.
By Meg Bryant • June 29, 2018 -
Earnings gap between employed, self-employed healthcare professionals narrows
A new JAMA study highlights the trend of physicians moving away from self-employment.
By Les Masterson • June 29, 2018 -
GAO: 340B hospitals, contract pharmacies need more oversight
Republicans say the watchdog report is the latest example that changes are needed to ensure the program's integrity.
By David Lim • June 29, 2018 -
CMS clears Medicaid value-based drug state plan, denies closed formulary
The agency also made clear that drugs approved by the FDA under its accelerated approval pathway must be covered by state Medicaid programs if they are defined as a "covered outpatient drug."
By David Lim • June 28, 2018 -
Most healthcare organizations polled ready for value-based care
The HealthLeaders Media report also found many companies lack the necessary infrastructure to make payment model changes.
By Les Masterson • June 28, 2018 -
CMS to step up scrutiny of state Medicaid programs
MLR audits will focus on states "based on the amount spent on clinical services and quality improvement versus administration and profit."
By David Lim • June 27, 2018 -
New partnership aims to launch employer bundled payment programs
Healthcare purchasers are working with Remedy Partners to create a national episode-based payment platform.
By Les Masterson • June 27, 2018 -
VA nominee Wilkie says he doesn't support agency privatization
Robert Wilkie also said he wouldn't go live with a new EHR system at the agency until it had been properly tested.
By Jeff Byers • June 27, 2018 -
Few post-acute care facilities took part in voluntary CMS bundle model
Nearly half of those that took part dropped out, raising questions about the effectiveness of programs that are not mandatory.
By Les Masterson • June 26, 2018 -
Pew offers CMS advice to boost inpatient rule interoperability
The nonprofit said the agency's effort to improve interoperability faces three key barriers: matching health records to the correct patient, gathering data from health records and limitations on describing clinical information.
By Les Masterson • June 25, 2018 -
Medicare Part A funding will dry up by 2026, KFF finds
Medicare Advantage payments nearly doubled over 10 years, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Family Foundation.
By Les Masterson • June 24, 2018 -
Trump admin pitches sweeping plan to reorganize HHS, government
Among the proposals is creation of a permanent “Council on Public Assistance" with authority to set uniform work requirements across Medicaid and other programs. Congress must sign off on most of the ideas.
By David Lim , Tony Abraham • June 22, 2018 -
Oscar Health expanding ACA marketplace footprint
The health insurance company plans to grow to nine states in 2019.
By Les Masterson • June 21, 2018
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