Tuesday, November 15, 2022: Providers

The American Hospital Association (AHA) released a new report detailing how safety net and charity care hospitals are losing millions due to drug companies cutting off sales of pharmaceuticals discounted under the 340B program to contract pharmacies. The report –...

Monday, November 14, 2022: M&A

A Kaiser Health News (KHN) investigation found that private equity’s increasing presence in health care has resulted in higher prices, decreased quality of care, lawsuits, and complaints about care. According to PitchBook, private equity firms invested $206 billion in...

Monday, November 14, 2022: Mental Health

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and 30 other industry groups wrote a letter to the White House asking for federal and state help to address the escalating number of mental health patients seeking care at hospital emergency departments (EDs). The...

Monday, November 14, 2022: Payers

A Leader’s Edge article examines how the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) is impacting insurers and increasing the federal government’s ability to enforce mental health parity. Even though previous laws – namely, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act...