by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will largely undo a Trump-era rule that boosted the rights of medical workers to refuse to perform abortions or other services that conflicted with their religious or moral beliefs. The final rule released Tuesday...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named its first chief competition officer, a new role that aims to boost competition in health care in an effort to lower rising costs. Stacy Sanders, who previously served as a counselor to HHS Secretary Xavier...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Walgreens has agreed to pay $360 million to health care insurer Humana to settle a lawsuit claiming that the retail pharmacy giant for years overcharged for prescription drug reimbursements. The settlement ends a legal dispute that began when Humana accused Walgreens...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
The Mayo Clinic on Monday said it will partner with Silicon Valley startup Cerebras Systems to develop artificial intelligence (AI) models for the health care industry. The Mayo Clinic will use computing chips and systems from Cerebras to tap into decades of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named its first chief competition officer, a new role that aims to boost competition in health care in an effort to lower rising costs and crackdown on corporate greed. The agency announced Monday that Stacy...
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