<ѻýҕl>Oncologists Risk Self-Referral Violations Over Medicare Mail-Order Drug Ruleѻýҕl> New interpretation of Stark law excludes distribution of oral oncology drugs by mail Feb 12, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Sends Initial Price Negotiation Bids to Drugmakersѻýҕl> Manufacturers of 10 drugs have 30 days to accept or make a counter-offer Feb 01, 2024
<ѻýҕl>CMS Focusing on Better Aligning Quality Measures, Adding New ACO Modelsѻýҕl> Clinicians shouldn't have to navigate hundreds of different measures, Medicare director says Jan 30, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Why Are We Letting Insurers Dictate Patient Care?ѻýҕl> Prior authorization is wreaking havoc on patient health Jan 30, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage?ѻýҕl> MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs Jan 25, 2024
<ѻýҕl>The Healthcare Landscape Is Changing. Our Regulatory Practices Should Too.ѻýҕl> Closer collaboration between FDA and CMS is the need of the hour Jan 22, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Q&A: Talking Prior Authorization With Rep. Suzan DelBeneѻýҕl> The Washington congresswoman also discusses home dialysis, Medicare cuts Jan 19, 2024
<ѻýҕl>CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizationsѻýҕl> The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses Jan 17, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Is Burnout Destroying Emergency Medicine?ѻýҕl> It doesn't have to: here are four unique ways to address the issue Jan 17, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Politicians Must Stop Playing Doctorѻýҕl> Personal ideology should not guide medical care, even for abortion Jan 17, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Docs Need Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Pay Increase in 2025, MedPAC Members Sayѻýҕl> Draft recommendation also calls for added pay to take care of low-income beneficiaries Jan 16, 2024
<ѻýҕl>MedPAC Report on Medicare Advantage Growth, High Costs Generates Kerfuffleѻýҕl> Commissioners reveal growing unease with MA practices: Not the "glowing success" everybody says Jan 16, 2024
<ѻýҕl>How Should Health Plans Respond to Surging Interest in Weight Loss Drugs?ѻýҕl> Studies suggest coverage is warranted for certain populations Jan 16, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Would You Switch a Patient's Medication If You Knew the Cost?ѻýҕl> Optimizing price estimate alert design and logic should be a priority Jan 13, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Saysѻýҕl> Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week Jan 12, 2024
<ѻýҕl>COVID Takes Center Stage at Trump Town Hallѻýҕl> Former president also calls for compromise on abortion "to win elections" Jan 11, 2024
<ѻýҕl>Patients Are Lucky Cigna Dropped Its Plans to Buy Humanaѻýҕl> But Washington should prepare now for the next major merger announcement Dec 27, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'?ѻýҕl> The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets Dec 27, 2023 video
<ѻýҕl>Fatal Christmas Tree; A Whole Lot of Fraud; Chatbots Relieve Seniors' Lonelinessѻýҕl> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻýҕl staff Dec 22, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Pricesѻýҕl> Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted Dec 14, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiationѻýҕl> Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Saysѻýҕl> But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7% Dec 13, 2023
<ѻýҕl>MedPAC Draft Recommendation Calls for 1.3% Pay Bump for Medicare Cliniciansѻýҕl> Concerns raised about doctors' ability to absorb the increased costs of running their practices Dec 07, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetesѻýҕl> Also in TTHealthWatch: smoking cessation benefits Dec 02, 2023 podcast
<ѻýҕl>'Medicarelessness' Revisited After 50 Yearsѻýҕl> Privatization of the public program has simply bolstered corporate profits Nov 27, 2023
<ѻýҕl>States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugsѻýҕl> Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states Nov 21, 2023
<ѻýҕl>The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Outѻýҕl> Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care Nov 20, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Want Lower Obesity Drug Costs? Medicare Holds the Keyѻýҕl> Medicare coverage will catalyze market competition Nov 17, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Senators Discuss Making Medicare's Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanentѻýҕl> "We have proved the concept," says Sen. Steve Daines Nov 15, 2023
<ѻýҕl>To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chaseѻýҕl> Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal Nov 13, 2023
<ѻýҕl>U.S. to Cover PrEP for Older Americans to Stem the Spread of HIVѻýҕl> Biden administration hopes to catch up with other parts of the world Nov 12, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Medicine Is Not Just at a Crossroads, It's in a Crisis, AMA President Saysѻýҕl> Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, uses his interim speech to "shine a light" on the challenges docs face Nov 11, 2023
<ѻýҕl>MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vaxѻýҕl> ѻýҕl reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Nov 10, 2023 podcast
<ѻýҕl>10 Ways MedPAC Commissioners Think Regulators Should Fix Medicare Advantage Plansѻýҕl> Improvements needed in network accuracy and transparency regarding denial rates, they say Nov 09, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networksѻýҕl> Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
<ѻýҕl>CMS Proposes Rule to Limit Medicare Advantage Plan Sales Commissionsѻýҕl> No more golf parties or free trips to brokers who "steer" beneficiaries to higher-paying plans Nov 07, 2023
<ѻýҕl>Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024ѻýҕl> Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts Nov 03, 2023
<ѻýҕl>HHS Proposes 'Disincentive' Penalties for Information-Blocking Providersѻýҕl> Clinicians could see cuts in Medicare payments if found to have violated the rule Oct 31, 2023
<ѻýҕl>COVID and Flu Vaccine Risk; Medicare Advantage Fraud; $1.4B Missing Health Fundsѻýҕl> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻýҕl staff Oct 27, 2023
<ѻýҕl>AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA Presidentѻýҕl> "We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld Oct 25, 2023