Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2021

I cover this first wave of Biden health policy in my latest post for the Medecision Liberation blog titled, “ Top Priorities for President Biden: COVID-19, Then Everything Else.” ” The plotline goes…. On the day of inauguration, January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Ultimately, U.S.

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 26, 2023

Over the past several months, the FTC followed through with its policy statement, bringing, and publicly settling, cases against prescription drug price tracking app GoodRx , online counseling service BetterHelp , and, most recently, ovulation tracking app Premom. Commissioner Phillips has since resigned.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

In the underlying Seventh Circuit cases, relators alleged that retail pharmacies had knowingly submitted false reports of their Usual and Customary (“U&C”) drug prices to the government for reimbursement under Medicare Part D and Medicaid, because the reports allegedly did not account for discounted drug prices offered through certain prescription (..)

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This latter point was emphasized in the survey noting that 71% of Americans said that drug prices were too high; 78% of people agreed that the government should be permitted to negotiate/regulate prescription drug prices. That was the theme that started the first Health Populi blog post in 2007.

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Medval Compliance Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For example, pricing for a lumbar fusion procedure may cost significantly less in a hospital in a claimant’s local area compared to the cost for that same procedure in a major medical center (cross-referenced to the claimant’s zip code in accordance with CMS guidelines).

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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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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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