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Biden admin throws out Texas Medicaid waiver

Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2021

CMS said the Trump administration should not have approved its more than $100 billion request without going through the usual notice and comment period.

Hospitals face specialty pharmacy challenges with insurer competition

Posted on Friday, April 16, 2021

There's revenue and potentially better outcomes to gain when a hospital fills patient prescriptions at their own in-house specialty pharmacy. But most patients are now covered by insurers who have vertically integrated a specialty pharmacy as subsidiaries.

Pandemic propels medical supply companies

Posted on Friday, April 16, 2021

Stockpiling, government subsidies, pent up elective procedure demand and bolstered infection prevention protocols are expected to boost medical suppliers' balance sheets.

Payers, providers clash over telehealth reimbursement as Congress mulls changes

Posted on Friday, April 16, 2021

As members of Congress decide how to expand access to telehealth after the pandemic, one of the biggest questions has centered around how much Medicare providers should be paid for virtual care.

U.S. setting up $1.7B national network to track virus variants

Posted on Friday, April 16, 2021

The White House plan includes creating six centers of excellence partnerships with universities to develop technologies for gene-based surveillance of pathogens and building a data system to better analyze information on emerging disease threats.