Policy and Legislation
Day one of our livestream from AsiaPac19 in Bangkok, Thailand, includes interviews with healthcare IT industry luminaries, thought leaders and innovators.
The order outlines sweeping policy and regulatory proposals including modifying Medicare fee for service payments to reflect the prices paid in MA plans and the commercial market.
The rule does not have the "vast economic and political significance" put forward by the district court as it would cost drug makers only a fraction of what they pay for TV ads, HHS says in appeal.
Health economist and writer Jane Sarasohn-Kahn discusses what it will take to move from being a health consumer to a health citizen.
The dip in the uninsured rate was especially pronounced among those with low income.
The Omnibus Burden Reduction and Discharge Planning rules both aim to reduce red tape and enable transparency, says Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma.
America's Essential Hospitals said it is working with lawmakers to stop $4 billion in cuts for 2020 from taking effect November 22.
The maximum price that could be set is 1.2 times the average international market price.
The decision saves hospitals from a $760 million rate cut in 2020.
Still, Medicare spent $2 billion more for brand-name drugs with rebates in 2015 than in 2011.