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Ozempic among drugs picked by Medicare for price talks
Announcing the 15 medicines chosen for the second round of negotiations is one of the Biden administration’s final health policy acts.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Updated Jan. 17, 2025 -
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Tarver warns that US device supply chain vulnerabilities could harm patients
The new director of the FDA’s device center contrasted a European rule with the lack of mandatory reporting requirements for potential device shortages in the U.S.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Jan. 17, 2025 -
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Private equity poses ‘new and unique risks’ to healthcare, federal agencies warn
A new report from the Biden administration calls for increased transparency in healthcare transactions to better monitor the growing influence of private equity on care delivery.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 16, 2025 -
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Deep DiveTop healthcare technology trends in 2025
The shape of AI regulation will be uncertain under the Trump administration this year, while healthcare companies will continue bolstering cyber defenses to withstand increasing attacks, experts say.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 15, 2025 -
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HHS lays out strategic plan for healthcare AI
The agency’s road map, which outlines goals for promoting safe and equitable adoption, comes as the future of AI policy is uncertain under the incoming Trump administration.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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CMS expands enforcement power over shady ACA brokers
A rule finalized Monday makes it easier for regulators to suspend agents and brokers from selling Affordable Care Act plans if they pose a risk to the exchanges.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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FTC releases second report slamming pharmacy benefit managers
Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes similar allegations against the controversial drug middlemen as the agency’s first report released last summer — but relies on more data.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Updated Jan. 15, 2025 -
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CMS proposes Medicare Advantage payment hike in 2026
The Biden administration’s last MA rule is a boon for insurers, though it remains to be seen how the incoming Trump administration might put its stamp on the regulation before it’s finalized this spring.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Tracking Steward's decline
After Steward crisis, new Massachusetts law aims to strengthen oversight of hospitals
The law aims to close loopholes that officials say Steward Health Care exploited to keep regulators in the dark about its finances leading up to its bankruptcy.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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Private equity firms got rich while shirking obligations to hospitals, Senate report finds
The year-long inquiry into hospitals managed by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners comes amid growing calls for increased oversight of private equity in healthcare.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 9, 2025 -
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ACA signups set to smash record at 24M with enrollment continuing
The Biden administration attributed the growth to generous subsidies that are scheduled to expire at the end of this year.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 8, 2025 -
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New rule wipes medical debt from consumer credit reports
The rule removes an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from about 15 million Americans' credit reports and bars lenders from using medical information in their lending decisions.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 8, 2025 -
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Deep DiveHealth insurers will step off the roller coaster in 2025
After a turbulent year, things should calm for payers with the advent of a business-friendly Trump administration — though challenges will persist. Here are experts’ biggest predictions for 2025.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 8, 2025 -
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FDA aims to stem AI device bias, boost transparency in draft guidance
The document follows the agency’s first digital health advisory meeting and a final guidance on postmarket updates to AI devices.
By Elise Reuter • Jan. 7, 2025 -
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UnitedHealth, Amedisys delay close date of $3.3B merger
The massive healthcare company and the home health provider have agreed to push back the timeline of their deal after the Department of Justice sued to block it.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 7, 2025 -
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FDA issues much-anticipated guidance on pulse oximeters
The FDA released the guidance in response to concerns that the devices are less accurate in people with darker skin pigmentation.
By Elise Reuter • Jan. 6, 2025 -
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HHS proposes HIPAA update to boost healthcare cybersecurity
The security rule update, which would be the first since 2013, aims to clarify and provide more instruction on securing health data as cyberattacks and breaches in the sector skyrocket.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 3, 2025 -
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Independent Health settles with Justice Department over alleged Medicare Advantage upcoding
The $100 million settlement is one of the larger recent sums agreed to by an MA payer accused of inflating its members’ sicknesses to get higher reimbursement from the government.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Jan. 3, 2025 -
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Deep DiveStates curb CON laws to boost bed capacity
The COVID-19 pandemic and population growth have led many states to scale back or eliminate Certificate of Need laws, which require providers to get regulatory approval before expanding or adding healthcare facilities.
By Michael Brady • Jan. 3, 2025 -
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VA to resume Oracle EHR deployments in mid-2026
More than a year after the agency largely put new deployments on hold, the Department of Veterans Affairs will soon begin work to roll out the medical record to four facilities in Michigan.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 2, 2025 -
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Biden signs funding bill extending telehealth flexibilities, but no relief for doctors — or PBM reform
Physician groups slammed Congress for allowing a 2.8% cut to their Medicare pay to go into effect.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 23, 2024 -
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Opinion7 bold policies to reshape rural healthcare
The CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians argues for policies to incentivize growth in the rural primary care workforce.
By R. Shawn Martin • Dec. 20, 2024 -
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Telehealth groups call for urgent action as Medicare flexibility deadline looms
A sweeping funding bill that would have preserved the pandemic-era policies for two years was derailed by President-elect Donald Trump, less than two weeks before the flexibilities are set to expire.
By Emily Olsen • Dec. 19, 2024 -
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ASTP finalizes information blocking exception for reproductive health
The policy allows providers, health IT developers or data exchanges to restrict information sharing when there’s risk it could expose patients or clinicians to legal fallout.
By Emily Olsen • Dec. 19, 2024 -
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Stopgap funding bill includes sweeping PBM reform, preserves telehealth flexibilities
The bipartisan agreement will fund the government through March. It could also reshape the pharmacy supply chain by reforming how controversial drug middlemen do business.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 18, 2024
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