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Healthcare groups urge DEA to allow physicians to prescribe controlled substances through telehealth
A group of 72 healthcare organizations, including the American Telemedicine Association and the American Psychiatric Association, has penned a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services asking the agencies…
CVS files patent to sell goods and healthcare services in the metaverse
CVS Health has filed for a trademark that would allow it to sell goods and services in the metaverse, according to a document filed with the U.S. Patent Trade Office.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota suing COVID-19 lab for alleged price inflation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is taking legal action against COVID-19 testing laboratory GS Labs to recover more than $10 million in alleged overpayments made since the start of the pandemic.
The complaint, filed last week in the U.S. Distric…
Biden extends FEMA COVID-19 funding through July 1
The deadline for 100% reimbursement from FEMA’s Public Assistance Program for COVID-19 costs is now July 1 after President Joe Biden pushed the deadline back from April 1, as outlined in a White House memorandum this week.
Senate passes measure striking down healthcare worker vaccine mandate
This week, the U.S. Senate passed legislation meant to end the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs, a Biden administration policy that was upheld by the Supreme Court in January.
Cigna company CareAllies participating in CMS’ direct contracting model
Cigna subsidiary CareAllies, which helps providers simplify and accelerate value-based care, will participate in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) Model in an effort to contract with health…
CMS reweighing MIPS data for physicians and extending deadline
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is allowing more time for doctors participating in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System to utilize an excessive and uncontrollable circumstance (EUC) waiver order that limits the negative impact of hig…
Primary care physician turnover leads to almost $980M in excess healthcare costs
Nearly one billion dollars in annual excess health care expenditure are due to turnover of primary care physicians, and work-related burnout is a significant driver of those costs, according to a new American Medical Association-led study published in …
Cigna to increase venture spending on startups, digital technologies
CIgna will direct another $450 million into its venture fund, Cigna Ventures, in a bid to increase spending on startup businesses and digital health, the company said this week.
Walgreens partnering with online delivery service Shipt
Walgreens is looking to expand its on-demand delivery services, and will seek to do so through a collaboration with Shipt, an online marketplace that offers home delivery.
