Congress continues to address the challenge of rising drug prices
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on strategies to reduce prescription drug costs and encourage innovation and competition in the market....
Senate passes farm bill
The Senate passed its version of the farm bill, S. 3042, by a vote of 86-11, clearing the way for a conference committee to...
Feds announce $2B health care fraud takedown
The U.S. Department of Justice announced June 28 the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts,...
CMS puts hold on risk adjustment payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 7 announced it would halt almost $10.5 billion in risk adjustment payments owed to...
New acting administrator of DEA named
Uttam Dhillon has been named as the new acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) replacing Robert Patterson, who retired after 30 years...
Kavanaugh nominated to Supreme Court
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has been nominated by President Donald...
CMS issues QRP non-compliance notices for post-acute care providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has notified post-acute care facilities - inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), long-term care hospitals (LTCH), skilled nursing...
Funding for ACA marketplace outreach is cut
Grant money used to educate and enroll people in health insurance plans available through the federal insurance marketplace will be cut to $10 million...
CMS proposes to change Medicare physician fee schedule rule – and much more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released yesterday a 1,473 page proposal (CMS-1693-P) that would update physician fee schedule rates by 0.25 percent...
Trump administration advocates for expanding work requirements in non-cash welfare programs
The White House Council of Economic Advisers last week released a report that argued in favor of imposing work requirements on U.S. residents enrolled...
