by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2022 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration issued a press release stating it purchased 100 million rapid at-home COVID-19 tests with its “limited funding.” Earlier this week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra said that there is currently an...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2022 | Providers
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) sent a letter urging Congress to block the 10.4 percent Medicare cuts to provider reimbursement scheduled for 2023. According to an AMGA survey conducted on August 29, 65 percent of member medical groups and health systems...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 8, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Commonwealth Fund released a brief examining how five policies could impact expanding health insurance coverage and affordability beyond the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Collectively, the five policies – filling the Medicaid gap in nonexpansion states,...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 8, 2022 | Access & Coverage
A federal judge ruled that an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision requiring insurers and employers to offer plans that cover HIV-prevention drugs (PrEP) for free violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Judge Reed O’Connor said that the government failed to...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 8, 2022 | Health IT
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released two data briefs examining Medicare telehealth usage during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. One report found that dually eligible, Hispanic, and urban Medicare...
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