CMS to adjust Medicare premiums in 2023 due to lower Aduhelm costs

May 27, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will take lower-than-anticipated spending on the controversial Alzheimer’s disease medication Aduhelm into account when calculating Medicare Part B premiums for 2023, the

Betting on ‘Golden Age’ of colonoscopies, private equity invests in gastro docs

May 27, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Studies show that private equity investment in healthcare results in more surprise bills and overall higher costs for patients. Surprise billing is the practice of charging insured patients for

Burned out by COVID and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

May 27, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many as 80

Community health centers face trouble after public health emergency ends

May 26, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] A perfect storm looms for federally qualified health centers whenever the federal government decides the COVID-19 public health emergency is over. When that declaration ends, which isn’t likely to

CVS Health launches virtual primary care platform

May 26, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] CVS Health’s new digital platform intends to give consumers access to health services on demand, whether they are at home or in a retail or community-based setting. Eligible Aetna

Senate finance leaders propose bill to expand telehealth for mental healthcare

May 26, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] A bipartisan group of Senate Finance Committee leaders on Thursday proposed expanding telehealth access for mental health services. The committee issued a discussion draft that pushes to eliminate Medicare’s

Cancer Mortality Among Black Individuals in the US – Healthcare Economist

May 26, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death in the US, just behind heart failure. Yet in recent years, we have seen that improved

Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines, vaccines to poor nations

May 25, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries. The

AMA: Insurers not sticking to prior authorizations deal from 2018

May 24, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Health insurance companies haven’t adequately implemented changes to the prior authorization process that insurers and providers devised in 2018, according to survey results the American Medical Association published Tuesday.

Opponents of federal vaccine mandate seek rehearing

May 23, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. A panel of the 5th