by Jordana Choucair | Sep 21, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that the state reached a $147 million settlement with CVS and Walmart about the pharmacies alleged roles in the opioid epidemic. The state alleged the pharmacies failed to maintain effective controls as a...
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...
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