Thursday, February 24, 2022: Providers

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said its top investigative priorities include fraud in the Provider Relief Fund and managed care companies that overcharge Medicare and telemarketers that convince patients to get unnecessary services. Gregory Demske, chief...

Thursday, February 24, 2022: Payers

A federal judge in Texas struck down a controversial piece of the federal ban on surprise medical billing, ruling that HHS was wrong to tell mediators tasked with resolving billing disputes to give extra weight to rates that insurers and providers had agreed to in the...

Thursday, February 24, 2022: Mental Health

Lawmakers are eyeing several areas of interest related to mental health and substance use policies. Priorities include developing a broader and more diverse workforce to serve a growing population; extending telehealth flexibilities; strengthening youth mental health,...

Thursday, February 24, 2022: Life Sciences

Sanofi and GSK said they plan to submit their COVID-19 vaccine for authorization to the FDA and the European Medicines Agency. Two doses of the vaccine had 100 percent efficacy against severe disease and hospitalization. Efficacy against any infection at all was 57.9...