Tuesday, June 21, 2022: Payers

New research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that Medicare could have saved almost $4.0 billion if it were purchasing generic drugs directly from the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) online pharmacy. Specifically, Medicare could have saved...

Friday, June 17, 2022: D.C. News

A new deal on COVID-19 funding is in doubt after top Republican senators questioned the need for additional funding. Senator Richard Burr pledged to be a “roadblock” until the officials provide sufficient justification that the money is needed. Senator Mitt Romney...

Friday, June 17, 2022: Health IT

A new report found that tracking tool installed on some hospital websites has been gathering patients’ protected health information and sharing it with Facebook. The Meta Pixel tracker sent the data to Facebook in exchange for analytics about the ads that the...