by Jordana Choucair | Sep 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 &...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 20, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The Urban Institute released a report revealing that individuals with public insurance or no insurance are twice as likely as those with private insurance to experience unfair treatment in health care settings. Over 17 percent of adults with public coverage and 13.9...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 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...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 20, 2022 | M&A
McKesson Corp. announced it signed a definitive agreement to buy Rx Savings Solutions for up to $875 million. The company will pay $600 million upfront to the private pharmaceutical tech firm in a deal expected to close in the second half of fiscal 2023. McKesson...
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