December 20, 2022
There's plenty for health care interest groups in Congress' year-end spending package, but some had to make significant concessions: There will be no pandemic commission, doctors will have to swallow some Medicare payment cuts and FDA oversight of diagnostic tests will not change. Read More
December 20, 2022
Leaders in Congress have reached a sweeping deal to ease Medicare pay cuts to doctors, make major changes to post-pandemic Medicaid policy, and to help prepare for future pandemics. Read More
December 20, 2022
Tucked into the $1.7 trillion government spending bill for 2023 lawmakers unveiled Tuesday are a range of significant reforms to help Americans […] Read More
December 20, 2022
California took another step toward slowing the escalation of healthcare cost growth with the formal launch of the Office of […] Read More
December 20, 2022
The Biden administration wants to limit to two the number of nonstandardized Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plans an insurer […] Read More
December 20, 2022
The latest survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) concerning employer-sponsored health benefits found modest increases in employers’ and employees’ […] Read More
December 20, 2022
The past three years the holidays have been clouded with pandemic concerns. Now, with COVID, the flu and RSV circulating […] Read More
December 20, 2022
A new study finds that nearly 6% of the estimated 130 million people who go to US emergency rooms every […] Read More
December 19, 2022
The Biden administration moved this week to eliminate the so-called “family glitch,” giving 391,000 California residents a way to slash […] Read More
December 15, 2022
The Biden administration released a proposal to streamline Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plan prior authorization and add health […] Read More