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HHS putting $35 million toward mental health support for children, young adults
The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Office of Minority Health, will provide close to $35 million in funding toward strengthening and expanding mental health services…
Insurtechs help drive MA membership growth
As a concept, Medicare Advantage isn’t new. Originally known as Medicare Plus Choice, it was passed with bipartisan support under the Clinton Administration with an eye toward giving seniors another option for receiving Medicare benefits. Flash forward…
Numerous states consider bills protecting healthcare workers from violence
A little over a month ago, Scripps Health made a plea to patients in San Diego: Be kind to healthcare workers. They’re exhausted, they’re burned out, and they increasingly have to deal with demeaning and verbally abusive comments from patients.
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…
