The American Hospital Association has released
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Up to 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage after COVID-19 PHE
Upwards of 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage, and four million people could become uninsured entirely when the COVID-19 public health emergency expires next year, according to a recently published analysis from the Urban Institute.
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Up to 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage after COVID-19 PHE
Upwards of 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage, and four million people could become uninsured entirely when the COVID-19 public health emergency expires next year, according to a recently published analysis from the Urban Institute.
This co…
Clinicians need the right messaging to pay attention to cybersecurity
BOSTON – The issue with cybersecurity from a clinical point of view is that physicians and nurses just want things to work. They often want cybersecurity to be bolted on to make patient information secure, according to experts speaking during the HIMSS…
Pfizer teams with Clear Creek Bio on new COVID-19 treatment
Pfizer and Clear Creek Bio, a biotech startup based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have partnered to develop a new COVID-19 treatment they hope will provide greater efficacy as the virus evolves and proves increasingly resistant to current treatments.
Express Scripts adding Humira biosimilars to formulary
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, part of Cigna’s Evernorth subsidiary, will be adding Humira biosimilars to its formulary in 2023 as preferred products, which will be available to patients with inflammatory conditions.
How hospitals can financially measure the risk of cybersecurity attacks
BOSTON – The question that arises when the topic of risk quantification comes up in healthcare is, “How much is it going to cost me?” said Jack Lewin, speaking during the HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum in Boston.
“How do we value the healthcare data …
CMS releases Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule
In a newly proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is changing prior authorization standards to speed up the time it takes for payers to approve the requests and is implementing HL7 FHIR standards to support an electronic process….
Centene divests Magellan Rx to Prime Therapeutics for $1.3 billion
Centene has sold off Magellan Rx to Prime Therapeutics for $1.5 billion, a move that will add Magellan’s specialty drug management to Prime’s pharmacy benefit management tools.
The end result, the companies said, will be a “diversified pharmacy solutio…
AHA prods feds to allow addiction treatment prescriptions through telehealth
The American Hospital Association has penned a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration, asking the agency to extend and provide clarity to pandemic-era rules that allowed providers to prescribe addiction treatment drugs via telehealth.
