Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

13-year Medicare payment dispute will return to HHS, court rules. A layoff list, expired medicine, neglected patients: Illinois hospital loses Medicare contract. Bill on prescription drug pricing inspires support from Maine residents, opposition from pharmaceutical industry. 64M VA health clinic opens in Portland.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Rebate Programs are administered as part of the prescription drug affordability provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”), which is aimed at “lower[ing] out-of-pocket drug costs for people with Medicare and improv[ing] the sustainability of the Medicare program for current and future generations.” [1]

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 21, 2022

. – Independa, a provider of TV-based remote engagement, education and care, and LG Electronics, a global leader in TV manufacturing, together launched the Independa Health Hub™ Ecosystem of Healthy Offerings on LG TVs at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. It beats other popular discount cards on prices 80% of the time.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Physician leaders balk at Medicare 4.48% physician fee cut. Colorado legislators convene to discuss health legislation passed in 2022. Bright Health exiting Florida Medicare Advantage market. in prescription drug pricing case. 2022 CFO of the Year: Abdirahman Abdi, Hennepin Health. in endowments.

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 22, 2023

1339) reflects the overarching legislative push by members from both sides of the aisle and chambers of Congress to address drug pricing issues through federal fixes to the PBM framework. Unlike the IRA, which targeted the Medicare program, the provisions of S. 16, 2022). [3] 1339 the Committee passed last week.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Which sectors enhanced consumers’ favorable views between 2021 and 2022? In the Gallup poll, the most favorable industries in 2022 are restaurants (with 60% of Americans holding positive views) and farming/agriculture (at 57% favorability). These would be retail (growing by 5 points) and healthcare, up by 4 points in the year.

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Health Populi

APRIL 30, 2021

As such, the debate on prescription drug pricing in the U.S. is heating up, with President Biden mentioning the scenario of Medicare negotiating drug prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers in his latest speech measuring progress at 100 days in the White House.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Staff shortages could spur next public health crisis, Baystate Health CEO warns CommonSpirit, Mass General, Moffitt execs to judge telehealth challenge Brigham and Women’s, AI company get $2.5M grant to improve early cognitive decline detection via EHRs How Mass.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

But the sticker shock for certain branded drugs off-formulary has moved this issue to the top of U.S. point to prescription drugs as the highest spend category in U.S. health care, the graphic part of the December 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll. voters’ minds. Over one in three people in the U.S.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Complementing this effort, Kroger also launched a personalized health and nutrition program collaborating with Soda Health earlier in December – importantly, aimed at people enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare programs.

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

operating loss, reversing 2022 gain Patheous Health makes North Carolina acquisition after $15.5M

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The manufacturer sought to cover Medicare patients’ Part D cost-sharing obligations for the drug – which were estimated at approximately $13,000 per year – but the OIG said “no thanks,” and the Second Circuit has affirmed that outcome. The problem is, as stated before, the drug is expensive; an annual course costs $225,000.

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