Medicare & Medicaid
The legislation is endorsed by numerous healthcare groups, including the American Hospital Association.
FDA will begin notifying physicians that pregnant women should avoid taking Tylenol during pregnancy unless absolutely necessary.
Half of the funding will be evenly distributed to all states and the other half will be awarded based on individual state metrics.
Study says use of the pain medicine during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability.
The agency says it’s aiming to ensure that Medicaid resources are directed appropriately.
Simplify HCC coding to prevent "gaming" of system, says Alliance of Community Health Plans.
Federal budget cuts mean hard choices for states, but there’s a path forward beyond scarcity or sacrifice, says Verlon Johnson, chief strategy officer at Acentra Health.
The move bucks a current trend of MA providers exiting certain markets, such as Centene and UnitedHealthcare.
Hospitals should know the cost of providing care so that if they’re losing money on a specific service they can go to payers and renegotiate, says Kelly Arduino, Healthcare Industry Leader at advisory firm Wipfli.
New blood needed at CDC to remove officials with conflicts of interest, bad judgment and political agendas, Kennedy says.