by Jordana Choucair | Aug 5, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of creating a public nuisance by illegally selling and distributing opioids. According to Slatery, Walgreens dispensed more than 1.1 billion opioid prescriptions to the state’s 7...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 5, 2022 | Providers
The American Hospital Association (AHA) filed several motions asking a district court to examine how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to repay hospitals for 340B payment cuts. The AHA argued that hospitals that weren’t affected by...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 5, 2022 | Providers
he American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) found 67 percent of nurses plan to leave their current nursing position within three years, up from 54 percent in 2018. Of those who plan to leave, 36 percent said they intended to leave within the next year....
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 4, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new study found that hospitals that treat large numbers of Black patients are paid $283 less for each day of a patient’s hospital stay. Hospitals with many Black patients reported $1,736 in reimbursement for patient care per adjusted patient day compared to...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 4, 2022 | Life Sciences
A federal court jury ordered Eli Lilly to pay $61 million to settle charges that it intentionally skimped on payments for the Medicaid drug rebate program. The company’s failure to pay allegedly resulted in losses for the federal government program and Medicaid...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 4, 2022 | Payers
Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC) announced it plans to expand its Medicare Advantage business into another 150 counties next year. The expansion across Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas will bring the company’s Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug...
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