Tea Leaves: July 12, 2024: Providers

Telehealth advocates welcomed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule, which extends key telehealth flexibilities introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed rule includes permanent allowances...

Tea Leaves: July 12, 2024: DC News

The House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal 2025 HHS spending plan along party lines despite Democratic objections to Republican initiatives aimed at restricting abortion access and restructuring National Institues of Health (NIH). The GOP-proposed budget...

Tea Leaves: July 11, 2024: Providers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 2.6 percent reimbursement increase for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers next year, reflecting a projected 3 percent market basket increase offset by a -0.4 percent...

Tea Leaves: July 11, 2024: Payers

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is poised to sue the three largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the United States — CVS’ Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx — over their pricing negotiations with pharmaceutical...