The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a decrease in skilled nursing facility payments by 4.6%, or $1.7 billion, in 2023 to achieve budget neutrality.
As a result, there will be a decrease of approximately $320 million in Medicare…
UnitedHealth Group is investing an additional $100 million toward affordable housing initiatives with a focus on the Health and Housing Fund, a partnership with Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future and National Affordable Housing Trust.
It’s been a long pandemic for the U.S. healthcare system, but just as there are signs that the pandemic may be fading, so too is the situation improving for nonprofit hospitals in particular, which are slowly recuperating from the worst effects of COVI…
The current public health emergency ends on April 16, with the federal government giving all indication of the coming end of the PHE, according to Michael P. Strazzella, head of Federal Government Relations at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney.
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions data shows only 12 transactions recorded during the first quarter of the year, continuing a downward trend: To date, it’s the lowest number of consolidations since Kaufman Hall first started tracking these statistics…
The U.S. government, as well as pharmaceutical companies that manufacture COVID-19 vaccines, have promoted booster shots as a way to ramp up protection when inoculation from the initial round of vaccines begins to decrease. A new study has found that p…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to delay the start date of the Radiation Oncology Model, to a date that will be determined through future rulemaking.
Eliquis and Xarelto, two blood-thinning medications that are already among Medicare’s costliest, have seen their list prices more than double since entering the market, finds a new report by Patients for Affordable Drugs.
AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, a specialty home delivery pharmacy owned by Walgreens, will be rebranding this summer as AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy, reflecting Walgreens’ full ownership of the service, which was announced in January.
AllianceRx Walgreen…
Optum and Change Healthcare are extending their merger agreement to the end of the year, ahead of their scheduled trial starting August 1.
The new merger deadline is December 31.
As part of the extension, Optum will pay a $650 million fee to Change Hea…
