Wednesday, September 21, 2022: Payers

A report from U.S. Department Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that Medicare paid out more than $1 million in duplicate claims in 2019 to critical access hospitals and providers. The OIG called on the Centers for Medicare &...

Wednesday, September 21, 2022: Providers

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) dropped their lawsuit against the federal government over the implementation of Congress’ surprise billing law. The lawsuit alleged that the rulemaking process shifted from...

Tuesday, September 20, 2022: Health IT

A New York Times article discusses how data gaps have undermined the federal government’s ability to respond to public health emergencies. The article points out that while the federal government has invested over $38 billion to modernize private hospitals’ and health...

Tuesday, September 20, 2022: M&A

A federal judge rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust challenge to UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc. Judge Carl Nichols kept the full opinion under seal due to “competitively sensitive...