Bill of Health

APRIL 4, 2025

The settlement compelled the tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars to the states to compensate them for Medicaid costs incurred by smokers, placed limits on tobacco advertising, and funded public information efforts. He served as Assistant Counsel for Health and Human Services to Governor Mario M.

Public Health 235

Public Health FDA World Health Medicaid 235

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has added the founder and CEO of the health technology firm Theranos, Inc. to the OIG exclusion list , which means Elizabeth Holmes is prohibited from participation in Federal health care programs for 90 years.

Fraud 91

Fraud FDA Medicaid Medicaid 91

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This sentiment has been relatively stable since 2000 except for two big outlying years: a spike of 69% in 2006, and a low-point in 2003 of 42%. Gallup points out in its analysis that the government is already a major health care channeler and funder through Medicare and Medicaid. Most people in the U.S.

Governance 73

Governance Medical Billing Medicaid Medicaid 73

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

voters were driven to polls with health care on their minds. The key issues for health care voters were costs (for care and prescription drugs) and access (read: protecting pre-existing conditions and expanding Medicaid). concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19.

COVID-19 18

COVID-19 ACA Public Health Nurses 18

Health Law Advisor

AUGUST 14, 2023

2] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Spotlight: Physician-Owned Hospital Expansion Exception Requests – Changes Effective October 1, 2023 , available at [link] (last accessed August 2, 2023). [3] 9] See OIG Special Advisory Bulletin on Contractual Joint Ventures, April 2003, available at [link] (last accessed Aug.

COVID-19 52

COVID-19 Medicare Medicare Public Health 52

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

He co-wrote the first “It’s The Prices Stupid” research article in Health Affairs with Gerard Anderson et. back in 2003 — so we’ve known for over 16 years that in the U.S., higher-than-world-average health care spending is mostly about how services are priced, versus whether Americans use more healthcare.

Prescription Drug Pricing 66

Prescription Drug Pricing Health Insurance Doctors Medicare 66

Innovaare Compliance

MARCH 4, 2024

Until the enactment of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) in 2006 [1] , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not cover most outpatient prescription drugs under Part B (“Part B drugs”). When a public health emergency (PHE) was in effect, CMS noticed that Part B versus Part D evaluation was omitted.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicare Nurses Medicaid 52