Accounting & Financial Management
New York governor declares a disaster emergency in certain counties due to staffing shortages caused by the strike.
The House is expected to pass the legislation, but the proposal has little chance in the Senate
ATA Action urges Congress for a permanent solution or at least another extension of telehealth flexibilities.
Mail-order pharmacies run by UnitedHealth and Humana have the most cost overruns, says WSJ report.
Novo Nordisk has beaten Eli Lilly in releasing the first oral GLP-1 for weight loss in adults.
The money must be spent on sustainable initiatives such as reducing avoidable readmissions or length of stays, expenses that need data and analytics to start bending the cost curve, says Anna Basevich, SVP at Arcadia.
Vote on an extension is expected next month after four Republicans went against GOP leadership.
In the best case scenario, hospitals “are getting 20% less than the lowest workman’s comp fee schedule in the country,” says Zachary Schultz of EnableComp.
All community and independent pharmacies in the Optum Rx network are transitioning to cost-based contracts.
Non-labor expense increases of 6% to 10% over the past year were driven in part by tariffs, says Kaufman Hall report.