Policy and Operations
How Device Makers are Responding to Medicare Advantage’s Quiet Revolution in Hearing Health15 Nov 2019
With hearing loss considered to be a social determinant of health, Medicare Advantage payers have taken a more comprehensive approach... Continue Reading
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Obamacare Premiums Dropping for 202030 Oct 2019
The Trump administration is touting its success running a program it has actively tried to end, as a number of ObamaCare... Continue Reading
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Bill to Tax Vaping Like Tobacco Products Clears House Committee30 Oct 2019
The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation that would tax e-cigarettes, such as vaping devices, the same as tobacco... Continue Reading
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Proposed Bill Cracks Down on Privacy Violations, Empowers FTC, Consumers30 Oct 2019
Touted as tougher than EU GDPR, Sen. Wyden proposes giving consumers more control over their data and taxing companies that... Continue Reading
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Watchdog Finds VA Mishandled Sensitive Veterans Health Data30 Oct 2019
A VA OIG report found a Wisconsin veterans service organization stored personal and health information on two shared network drives,... Continue Reading
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Court Settlement Sets Stage for Broader Opioid Deal30 Oct 2019
Three of the country’s top drug distributors and a drug manufacturer announced an eleventh hour settlement on Monday to avert... Continue Reading
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Insurers Test New Way to Cut Maternity Care Costs: Bundling16 Oct 2019
By moving from paying for maternity care in a piecemeal way to relying on bundled payments, insurers and doctors say... Continue Reading
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CDC Issues New Guidance for Doctors Treating Vaping-related Illnesses16 Oct 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidance Friday for clinicians whose patients might have lung illnesses related... Continue Reading
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HHS Endorses First Emergency Medicine-Focused Medicare Alternative Payment Model Developed by ACEP16 Oct 2019
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is very pleased that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human... Continue Reading
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FDA Offers $15M to Fund Clinical Trials for Rare Diseases16 Oct 2019
The 12 new grants will support clinical trials aimed at improving treatments for patients with rare diseases. The FDA announced that it... Continue Reading
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