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Biden’s bid to lower drug costs a high priority for stakeholders
Much of the stakeholder reaction to healthcare initiatives in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday centered on the president’s repeated urging to Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
“That is why my top priority i…
DOJ will name a prosecutor for pandemic fraud, Biden says in State of the Union address
The Department of Justice will soon name a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud, President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address Tuesday.
“We are going to go after the criminals who stole billions of relief money meant for small businesses an…
How one CIO built a COVID-19 data collection system from the ground up
When the number of COVID-19 cases began ramping up in California as they did elsewhere across the country in March 2020, San Francisco Department of Public Health CIO Eric Raffin was tasked with tracking cases, test counts and hospitalizations.
Using technology to align incentives across the care continuum
Care coordination is key in acute care as well as for patients making the transition from hospital to home, or to an assisted living facility, or even back to the primary care provider for follow-up.
AHA warns hospitals of potential cyberattacks due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The American Hospital Association is warning U.S. hospitals of potential cyberattacks due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
CDC relaxes indoor mask guidance, including for schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is relaxing indoor mask standards, including for schools, for the 70% of communities deemed to have medium or low COVID-19 levels.
CMS changing direct contracting to an ACO gets mixed reaction
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has redesigned its Medicare Direct Contracting Model to an Accountable Care Organization model focused on health equity.
The ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model will replace th…
Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group’s $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare
The Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit to stop the $13 billion merger between UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare.
The complaint was filed today by the DOJ and Attorneys General in Minnesota and New York, in the U.S. District Court f…
More than 4,100 providers will get $560 million in Provider Relief Fund payments this week
More than 4,1000 providers will receive $560 million in Provider Relief Fund payments this week.
Hint Health rolls out value-based primary care direct contracting network
Hint Health is rolling out a nationwide network to provide direct contracting between employers and primary care providers, bypassing traditional insurance in the PCP market.
Hint Connect is providing employers a single point of access to hundreds of i…
