Late last week, the Health and Resources Services Administration (HRSA) sent a letter to Merck warning that it may be dealt monetary penalties for allegedly refusing to give 340B discounts to covered entities.
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Methodist Dallas Medical Center gunman killed two maternity ward nurses
Dallas police have identified the two healthcare workers who were shot and killed by a gunman at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Saturday.
Nestor Hernandez, 30, shot and killed two nurses who reportedly worked in the maternity ward at the hospit…
Optum spotlights orphan drugs in drug pipeline report
Optum is seeing an increase of new orphan drugs, and expects this trend to continue, if not accelerate, according to a drug pipeline report from the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary.
What makes this important, said Sumit Dytta, chief medical officer at Op…
HHS putting $13M into growing, strengthening the nursing workforce
In an effort to address the ongoing shortage of nurses in the U.S healthcare system, the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $13 million to bolster nursing education and training to grow the nursing workforce and improve access to nursi…
CMS strengthens oversight of nursing home program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasing scrutiny and oversight over the country’s poorest-performing nursing facilities.
CMS is toughening requirements for completion to the Special Focus Facility Program and increasing enforcement…
UPMC offering loan forgiveness for nursing students
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is attempting to address the national nursing shortage through a new program designed to make it more affordable for student nurses to complete their education and join the workforce.
The UPMC Schools of Nursing …
Top Stories: DOJ accuses Cigna of fraudulent MA reimbursement; Calm debuts mental health product
Medicare Advantage is a popular offering among insurers, but it’s landed Cigna in hot water with the feds. What happened? We’ll get to the bottom of that and other topics in this week’s Top Stories, including a new mental health product debuting from C…
House reps advocate for audio-only telehealth extensions for opioid treatments
Two Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have penned a letter to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Drug Enforcement Agency, imploring the agencies to extend flexibilities for audio-based t…
DOJ is asking for additional information in the CVS and Signify merger
The Department of Justice is looking for more information on the CVS Health and Signify Health merger, according to documents filed October 20 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On October 19, both CVS and Signify received a request for addit…
Physicians hesitate to treat patients with disabilities, Health Affairs finds
Physicians are feeling overwhelmed by the demands of practicing medicine generally, but in particular by the demands of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, leading many to experience hesitation when treating people with disabilities, finds a n…
