Tuesday, January 31, 2023: D.C. News

President Joe Biden told Congress that he plans to end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, ending the declarations more than three years after they were put in place. The decision comes as House Republicans plan to introduce resolutions to...

Tuesday, January 31, 2023: Payers

The Biden administration finalized a rule that will implement audits of Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers in an effort to identify and recover overpayments. Medicare projects to get back $479 million for audits of 2018 plans, and the government expects to recoup $4.7...

Tuesday, January 31, 2023: Payers

A new issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. continued to far outspend other developed nations while seeing worsening health outcomes in the first year of the pandemic. According to the brief, the U.S. spent nearly $12,000 on health care per...