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U.S. Anesthesia Partners files lawsuits against UnitedHealthcare
U.S. Anesthesia Partners has filed lawsuits in Texas and Colorado against UnitedHealthcare, alleging the nation’s largest insurer is “like a boa constrictor squeezing USAP-TX from all sides,” according to the Texas lawsuit.
UnitedHealthcare is driving …
ACAP wants Supreme Court to rule for full coverage of cost-sharing reduction payments
This week, the Association for Community Affiliated Plans filed an amicus brief backing Maine Community Health Options and Community Health Choice in their request to the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision on cost-sharing reduction payments.
AHA wants HHS to issue waivers to 340B hospitals
The American Hospital Association is asking Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to ensure that hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program continue to have access to the program despite changes in their payer mix as a result…
How COVID-19 has transformed public policy and population health efforts
The COVID-19 global pandemic has highlighted disparities in our healthcare system and is informing public policy decisions on everything from how the newly unemployed can gain access to health insurance to mental health needs – including those of physi…
CMS delays ACO Track of the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is delaying the ACO Track of the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model, to the disappointment of the National Association of ACOs.
CMS gave no reason for the delay from this spring to spri…
Spread of coronavirus from lab is extremely unlikely, WHO report says
The introduction of the coronavirus through a laboratory incident is considered an “extremely unlikely pathway,” for the origin of the virus, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Health Organization’s joint international team.
Other more…
Coronavirus likely escaped from a Wuhan lab, says former CDC Director Robert Redfield
The World Health Organization is expected to release its report tomorrow on the origin of the coronavirus as former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield stirs the controversy that it was inadvertently leaked from a la…
Senate passes moratorium to Medicare sequester cuts
The Senate on Thursday passed H.R. 1868, a bill that will prevent the 2% Medicare sequester cuts that hospitals and physicians opposed.
The bill passed with an amendment added by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, to …
Uber expands prescription delivery with ScriptDrop
Uber is expanding prescription delivery across 37 states in the United States with ScriptDrop.
There are plans for further expansion in the coming weeks and months.
Special Affordable Care Act enrollment period is extended to August 15
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is extending the special enrollment period for Affordable Care Act coverage from May 15 until August 15.
The action provides new and current enrollees an additional three months to enroll or re-evaluate th…
